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No Dice to Medicaid Cuts

I have long felt that it was unlikely that the President would allow substantial cuts to health care programs, since it is his signature issue. But since everyone in DC has come down with Deficit Fever, I've become a little bit worried that he might be coerced into...

Senate Budget Vote A Defining One For The Middle Class

Shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday, a roll call vote that some Republicans were not-so-secretly dreading began, and the public began to know the names of the senators who were willing to throw the middle class under the luxury bus for the corporate class that is the 2012...

Medicare And New York 26 Will Change The Budget Debate

Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games. Pete Davis' Capital Gains and Games post on Tuesday about not being able to draw a conclusion about the results in the special election held in New York to fill the seat left vacant when Republican Chris Lee resigned is...

A Better Life (or Why Im Still Not Moving to Canada)

Remember back in 2004, when Dubya won re-election and liberals started threatening to move to Canada? Well, maybe I should have considered it. Because according to OECD's Better Life Index, Canada is where I belong. But, I'm still not moving to Canada. Hows Life?...

The Elizabeth Warren Hearing Live Tweeting

Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury Elizabeth Warren is now testifying to a House Oversight subcommittee, pitting America's best middle-class champion against conservative defenders of unregulated banks who don't want her to...

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