2018/07/07 Ocasio-Cortez understands a key feature of the economy in a way most politicians miss — and it could be a huge asset for Democrats

The idea that we’re going to austerity ourselves into prosperity is so mistaken, and honestly I feel like one of the big problems we have is that, because Democrats don’t have a deep understanding of or degrees in economics, they allow Wall Street folks to roll in the door and think that they’re giving them an education,” Ocasio-Cortez told In These Times last month.

They’re not. It’s a con, and they’re getting conned because they don’t understand the transformative power of the purse that Congress has. It’s not just Democrats. I don’t think most of Congress understands how economics works.

2018/06/21 Protesters Gather at LaGuardia Airport as Separated Children Arrive in New York

“New York became a focal point in the controversy over migrant children separated from their parents on Wednesday after local officials revealed that more than 200 of those children have been transferred to facilities in the state. Reports that migrant children were still arriving on flights from Texas drew hundreds to an overnight protest at LaGuardia Airport that was reminiscent of the demonstrations against President Trump’s travel ban.” Click for more…

2018/06/18 All 5 first ladies speak out on family separations at border

The senior among the first ladies, Rosalynn Carter, spoke through The Carter Center: “The practice and policy today of removing children from their parents’ care at our border with Mexico is disgraceful and a shame to our country.”

Mrs. Carter led a delegation to Thailand in 1979 for a firsthand look at the plight of Cambodian and Laotian refugees, recalling today the “trauma of parents and children separated by circumstances beyond their control.” Click for more…

2018/06/04 How to Calculate What Opioid Overdoses Cost Government

“For every three fatal overdoses, a local government’s public safety costs can increase by an average of 1 percent, or $150,000, according to research from the data platform OpenGov. What’s more, once deaths start spiking, government costs tend to steadily increase at that rate for about three years until they begin to plateau.” Click for more…

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