fresh voices from the front lines of change

Democracy

Health

Climate

Housing

Education

Rural

Republicans Opt For Fiscal Suicide

Last week I asked "Are Republicans Insane Enough To Propose a Balanced Budget?" Because to do so in a 10-year window, especially without raising taxes or cutting military spending, simply devastates everything our government does to benefit the middle-class, lift...

Progressive Breakfast

Senate GOP Follows House Into Austerity Abyss Senate budget cuts nearly as deep as House. The Hill: "Senate Republicans released a budget Wednesday that would balance in 10 years and cut spending by $5.1 trillion ... [The House budget] balances in nine years and cuts...
Why Does Jeb Bush Keep Touting His Failures?

Why Does Jeb Bush Keep Touting His Failures?

Jeb Bush, while very much a conservative, refuses to run as far to the right as possible to win the Republican nomination. This is rational. He knows winning the primaries with too much pandering means a likely loss in the general election. Instead, he is...

Progressive Breakfast

GOP Goes For Maximum Austerity Senate budget to be released today, will largely track House version. McClatchy: "...a GOP aide said the Senate proposal would resemble the House plan in three ways. Both generally would balance the budget at the end of a decade, the...

Progressive Breakfast

House GOP Goes First On Budget House GOP budget sticks with radical Ryan vision. NYT: "House Republicans on Tuesday will unveil a proposed budget for 2016 that partly privatizes Medicare, turns Medicaid into block grants to the states, repeals the Affordable Care Act...

Pin It on Pinterest