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.
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2018/07/06 New Study Confirms That American Workers Are Getting Ripped Off
American workers are more likely to be poor (by the standards of their nation). In the United States, nearly 15 percent of workers earn less than half of the median wage. That gives the U.S. a higher “low-income rate” than any other developed nation besides Greece and Spain. Click for more…
2018/06/21 The Republican majority just voted to pass the House Republican 2019 budget and rejected every amendment offered by Democrats.
2 TRILLION in cuts in Medicare and Medicaid. This when 10,000 baby boomers retire every single day! Click for more…
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…
2018/06/20 ICE Shuts Down Its Portland Office After Protest Camp Blocks the Entrance
The Portland demonstrators protesting the Trump administration’s family separation policy have achieved a small victory.
After several days of protests blocking the front entrance, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has temporarily shut down its operations at its Portland office.
2018/06/19 House GOP plan would cut Medicare, Medicaid to balance budget
“Social Security comes in for more modest cuts of $4 billion over the decade, which the budget projects could be reached by eliminating concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance.” 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…
2018/06/06 Years After Defending His Lesbian Moms In Stirring Speech, Zach Wahls Wins Iowa Primary
Six years ago, the Indiana State Democratic Convention came to the Third District. Led by then Third District Democrats Chair Carmen Darland, the convention was held in Fort Wayne, Indiana. As a part of convention weekend, Zach Wahls came to the Embassy Theatre to share his story about being raised by two moms. We wish him well in his bid for the Iowa General Assembly. Click for more…
2018/06/02 Kosciusko County Democrats at Mentone’s Egg Fest!
District 18’s Dee Moore and Kosciusko County Southern District’s Todd Weingart were there!
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…