Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Economics and Corruption related links 061417




What if We Took $54 Billion From the Pentagon, Instead?


 

Under the Trump Tax Plan, We Might All Want to Become Corporations


 

The GOP’s Attacks on the Poor Are About to Get Stealthier: Are we ready?


 

Trump’s ‘Extreme’ Budget Is Just Paul Ryan’s Old Bad Plan With a Comb-Over: Ryan avoided naming the popular programs that both politicians would cut.


 

Trump could target 'carried interest' tax loophole: official


 

Back at the Carrier Plant, Workers Are Still Fighting on Their Own: Trump’s tax break was not enough. Truly addressing the plight of the American working class means confronting the problems of global capitalism.


Governor Signs Indiana’s First Medicinal Cannabis Bill


 

The Koch Caucus Continues Its Assault on Healthcare


 

An interview suggests Trump doesn't know what's in his health bill: Either the president doesn’t understand the proposal — or isn’t telling the truth about it.


 

GOP faces make-or-break moment on Obamacare repeal: This week may be the last, best chance to get it done in the House.


 

White House, Republican leadership in full-court press to pass Zombie Trumpcare this week


 

Florida Deal Would Reverse Key Part of Obama’s Medicaid Expansion


 

In His Post-Fed Life, Bernanke Talks Taxes, Trump And Partisan Perceptions


 

A Clueless Dealmaker’s Deal Goes Down


 

Time for Yet Another Debate on Health Care


Feeding One Kid, Starving the Family: Trump just donated his pay to the Park Service, which would be great if his budget didn’t starve the rest of the government.


 

Building on a Healthcare Win


 

Trade Is Trump’s Biggest Broken Promise


 

Antitrust Under Trump: Monopolies Grow, People Lose


 

12 Things President Trump Should Know About Trade


 

Filling in the Magic Asterisk: The Republican Tax Reform Proposal


 

A Tax Plan Only a One Percenter Could Love: It takes serious mental gymnastics to argue that Trump's tax agenda would benefit the average working Joe or Jane.


 

Medicaid Saved Obamacare, And Single-Payer Universal Health Insurance May Be Back On The Agenda Sooner Than You Think


 

How to Thrive in the Doughnut


 

The Politics of Full Employment


 

There are exactly zero women working on the Senate version of the Republican health care bill


 

This is what’s in the health care bill the house republicans just passed: Millions would lose coverage, protections for people with pre-existing conditions would be weakened and the rich would get a huge tax cut


 

The House Just Voted to Put People With Disabilities One Step Closer to Institutions


 

Portland Plans To Tax Companies Who Pay CEOs 100 Times More Than Workers


 

Crash of Trumpcare Opens Door to Full Medicare for All


 

California Post-ACA Considers Single-Payer Plan


 

A New Way to Close the Gender Pay Gap: New research suggests the gap between men and women won't close till 2059 — unless cities and states try this new fix.


 

Victory! USA Women’s Hockey Team Just Won Their Strike: These women have shown female athletes as well as the labor movement what winning looks like.


 

Who Wins and Who Loses in the Latest G.O.P. Health Care Bill


 

The American Health Care Act: the Obamacare repeal bill the House just passed, explained:How the health care bill could change the health care system.


 

Trump and Warren Are on a Collision Course: Why is a so-called populist trying to dismantle America's most effective consumer watchdog?


 

Meet your all-white, all-male Senate death panel


 

AHCA is a betrayal of all the GOP’s promises on health care: It does the opposite of what they say.


 

The GOP’s healthcare “victory” was anything but


 

The GOP insists its healthcare bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions.  It won’t.


 

Where to send the California Republicans who backed that awful Obamacare repeal


 

Unspeakable Realities Block Universal Health Coverage In America


 

The Night Shift: The true cause of our sleeplessness epidemic.


 

Corporations Know Income Inequality Will Sink Us All. Here’s Why They Just Can’t Help It.


 

Resister’s Digest: Trumpcare Bill Unleashes the Fury of the Left.  Donations pour in to target vulnerable Republicans after House vote.


 

A Bank Even a Socialist Could Love: The fight for public banking is gaining ground in cities and states across the country.


 

The Heroin Crisis We’ve Ignored: A compassion deficit afflicts Black and Latino users.


 

In the Age of Trump, Can Labor Unite?  There’s still power in unions, if they can unlock it.


 

Single Payer in the Golden State: The fight for Medicare for all goes to California.


 

Reviving Manufacturing Would Help All of Us—Not Just White Men


 

Why Inequality in the Workforce Is Bad for Your Health


 

If Republicans Aren’t Stressing About Deficit Spending, Why Should Democrats?  Trump’s tax plan shows the GOP cares about cuts for the rich, far more than it cares about debt.


 

The painful truth about teeth: You can work full time but not have the money to fix your teeth – visible reminders of the divide between rich and poor


 

Lawmakers Battle Over Whether New Health Care Bill Hurts Vets


 

Stop Waiting For Democrats To Save Health Care And Demand Single Payer Now: Dems are ignoring the fact that the majority of Americans, including many GOP voters, want single-payer health care.


 

Republicans seek middle ground on Medicaid cuts


 

Wolf sends letter to White House opposing AHCA


 

Marijuana in Pennsylvania: $10.4 Million Contract Shows PA Is an Emerging Cannabis Market


 

Pa. fining nursing homes more often


 

Pittsburgh can't force private employers to give workers paid sick leave, Pa. court rules


 

City to challenge rulings on sick leave, worker training


 

State intervenes to protect health care for 1.1M Pennsylvanians: Attorney General Shapiro and Governor Wolf take action with 15 other states


 

Congress’ Weed Guy Grapples With The Trump Administration: Earl Blumenauer tries to pass the peace pipe between Washington and the cannabis industry


 

Obamacare Repeal Law Would Give Montana Republican $800,000 Tax Cut: Greg Gianforte has waffled on the law.


 

Pell Grants Put Me Through College. Now Trump Wants to Cut Them.


 

It’s Time to Stop Shaming Students When Their Parents Can’t Pay the Lunch Bill


 

Everyone Is Overlooking a Key Part of the New $15 Minimum Wage Bill


 

On “Jobs That Pay” Tour Governor Wolf Visits Rutter’s, Discusses Growing Business Through Modernization


 

The top charts of 2016: 13 charts that show the difference between the economy we have now and the economy we could have


 

It’s time for corporations to pay their fair share of taxes


 

State unemployment rates by race and ethnicity show recovery expanding but still leaving stubborn pockets of high unemployment


 

Letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs opposing the Regulatory Accountability Act (S. 951)


 

African American women stand out as working moms play a larger economic role in families


 

Policymakers shouldn’t assume slack is gone and should push for faster wage growth


 

Trumpcare. The CBO score is more important than you might think.


 

ENTIRE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TO GOP: FUND THE G*DDAMNED CSRS. NOW.


 

Employers steal billions from workers’ paychecks each year: Survey data show millions of workers are paid less than the minimum wage, at significant cost to taxpayers and state economies


 

Perkins Project on Worker Rights and Wages: Policy Watch


 

Trump’s Budget Takes From The Safety Net, Gives To The Military: Most of the proposals will be unpopular on Capitol Hill.


 

Mulvaney: The federal budget released today puts taxpayers first


 

Trump’s budget sacrifices diplomacy for bigger guns: The State Department would see massive cuts, while the Defense Department would get its budget padded further.


 

Trump’s Budget Puts Lives at Risk: The president’s budget calls for sharp reductions in anti-poverty programs and agency budget that undermine our nation’s basic security


 

Trump’s budget eliminates US funding for global family planning and famine relief: “America First” is bad news for starving children, women who want to control their reproductive rights, and the world’s sick and most desperate.


 

Opinion If you plan on having a baby under Trumpcare, you better start saving now


 

Trumpcare Scored So Badly It Could Actually Help The Senate: Some GOP senators are so appalled by the House Obamacare repeal bill that they have little choice but starting fresh.


 

Housing Secretary Ben Carson Says Poverty Is A 'State Of Mind'


 

Senate Staff Beginning to Draft Health Care Bill Over This Week’s Recess: Leaders say there's enough to get started, but no final agreement


 

World Bank: Trump GDP Growth Will Be Worse Than Obama's


 

McConnell whips Senate GOP back in line on Obamacare repeal: Republicans emerged more optimistic they could pass a bill to gut the health law after a series of meetings Tuesday.


 

'I just don't call out sick anymore at all': New report says Walmart punishes employees for taking sick days


 

Sorry, kids, no health care for you in Trumpcare


 

N.J., Pa. sharing prescription data


 

A primer on Dodd-Frank’s Orderly Liquidation Authority


 

Does Physician Pay Affect Procedure Choice and Patient Health? Evidence from Medicaid C-section Use


 

As Voodoo Economics Collapses in Kansas, Trump Takes It National


 

N.J., Pa. sharing prescription data


 

Knox Medical Opens New State of the Art Dispensary


 

Infrastructure Is Not Just Roads and Bridges


 

Trump Repeals Regulation Protecting Workers From Wage Theft: The regulation was meant to ensure that shady employers don’t benefit from taxpayer dollars.


 

Trump Just Refused To Sign Treaty To Stop Tax Evasion & End Offshore Tax Havens


 

BREAKING: Rich People Find Life Fairer Than Poor People


 

Senate Republicans Are Trying To Keep You In The Dark About Obamacare Repeal: It’s almost as if they’re afraid you won’t like it.


 

While You Were Paying Attention To Comey, House Republicans Voted For Everything Big Banks Want: Another step toward obliterating Obama’s legacy.


 

Supreme Court Rules Miami Can Sue for Predatory Lending


 

Why does inequality exist in the world?


 

House Passes Major Overhaul of Dodd-Frank Financial Regulations


 

Time to Retire the American Bootstrap Myth


 

PBS Frontline 2009 The Warning


 

Finally, Something Isn’t the Matter With Kansas


 

North Dakota remains most dangerous state to work


 

GE closing plant in Waukesha, moving 300-plus jobs to Canada, and workers aren’t happy


 

The Senate GOP's plan to repeal Obamacare: don't let anyone see their bill: “McConnell’s really asserting himself.”

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