Sunday, August 6, 2017

Economics and Corruption related links 080717




GOP leaders have few sure votes on debt ceiling


 

Debt fight blindsides Congress: Lawmakers aren't ready for a bruising debt ceiling battle, but it may be coming sooner than expected.


 

Mnuchin cites September as possible debt ceiling crunch


 

Conservative Activist: Raising Taxes On The Wealthy Is ‘A Cruel Thing To Do’: Grover Norquist blasts reports the White House is considering raising the top rate.


 

Republicans In This Red State Just LOWERED The Minimum Wage


 

Raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2024 would lift wages for 41 million American workers


 

Minimum Wage Tracker


 

Senate Obamacare repeal vote unlikely next week: Republicans are reviewing possible changes to the bill and still don't have the votes to gut the health law.


 

McConnell Says Limited Bill Needed if GOP Health Bill Dies: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Congress will need to pass a more limited bill if the Republican effort to repeal much of President Barack Obama's health care law fails.


 

Eric Trump: “We’re thriving as a nation” — just “look at the lines in Home Depot”


 

Republican Lawmakers Buy Health Insurance Stocks as Repeal Effort Moves Forward


 

McConnell signals doubts about ObamaCare vote


 

What Happens To A Congressman's Health Insurance If Obamacare Goes Down?


 

The myth of guest workers' threat to US jobs is coming home to roost in Trump country


 

Republican health care plan would hurt Kentuckians. Let’s count the ways. 


 

New poll offers deeper insight into what ails rural America


 

Attorney General Jeff Sessions to Address Anti-LGBT Hate Group in Closed-Door Event


 

Cartoon Perfectly Explains What’s Wrong With Our Healthcare Debate


 

Net Neutrality: In A Corporatist Government, Corporate Censorship Is State Censorship


 

‘Going to be like the zombie apocalypse’: Trump voters tell CNN they’re terrified of Trumpcare


 

Trump Administration Suddenly Pulls Plug On Teen Pregnancy Programs


 

'Living Drug' That Fights Cancer By Harnessing Immune System Clears Key Hurdle


 

How Bad Is U.S. Health Care? Among High-Income Nations, It’s the Worst, Study says


 

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


 

Working poor finding homes on four wheels in Mountain View: It’s a new phenomenon, say city officials and social workers


 

As You Lose Your Coverage, Insurance Companies Will Get A $145 Billion Tax Cut From Trumpcare


 

Republican Congressman Says He’s Okay With People Dying As Long As Trumpcare Saves Money


 

Kaiser poll: Public opposition to Trumpcare is growing


 

In any functioning political system, this letter alone would kill the Republican health care bill


 

FAQ: How Would The Republican Health Care Bills Affect You?


 

How hospitals got richer off Obamacare: After fending off challenges to their tax-exempt status, the biggest hospitals boosted revenue while cutting charity care.


 

How the White House and Republicans underestimated Obamacare repeal: The Trump team thought Congress would scrap the health law by late February. Nobody expected the effort to drag into the summer months.


 

Angry Seniors Promise to Hit the GOP Where It Hurts, We Will “Hold All 100 Senators Accountable”


 

This Decent GOP Senator May Have Just Killed Senate’s Obamacare Repeal


 

Top Republicans Just Filed A Bill To Eviscerate The National Labor Relations Board


 

Trump says new Pennsylvania coal mine created 45,000 jobs. The actual number is 70.


 

Trump Administration Is Using Taxpayer Money To Sabotage America's Health Care System


 

Team Trump Used Obamacare Money to Run PR Effort Against It: The administration is tasked with overseeing the health care law. Instead, it has made a major social media push to undermine it.


 

22 Million More Uninsured Under Senate Obamacare ‘Replacement,’ CBO Says: The once-dead bill may be coming back to life.


 

Trump Doesn’t Seem To Know What Health Insurance Is, How It Works Or What It Costs: The president suggested it costs $12 a year.


 

Trump administration ends Affordable Care Act assistance contracts in 18 cities


 

22 Million More Uninsured Under Senate Obamacare ‘Replacement,’ CBO Says: The once-dead bill may be coming back to life.


 

Loophole Closed: Hedge-Fund Managers Prepare Huge Tax Checks.  Steven Cohen, David Einhorn and others are facing looming tax bills for years of offshore gains


 

The Richest Man in the World Could Be Putin


 

Secret Recording Of GOP Lawmakers Reveals They Lied To The American Public


 

The Trump toll on tourism: My German friends aren't coming back any time soon.


 

Senate Republicans Don’t Know What Health Care Bill They’re About To Vote For. That’s Nuts.  Behold the “Something Act of 2017”!


 

GOP Leaders Still Insisting Repeal Won’t Take Health Care Away From Millions: As usual, they’re neglecting to mention a few key facts.


 

Chuck Schumer Says Senate Democrats Are Open To Single-Payer Health Care: The Democratic party was “too cautious” in the past, he said.


 

Obama Shut Down Anthony Scaramucci In The Most Presidential Way Possible: The audience cheered Obama’s reply during a 2010 Q&A session.


 

The Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act: the new Senate health care plan, explained


 

The Better Care Reconciliation Act: the Senate bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, explained


 

Medicaid Expansion Reduced Unpaid Medical Debt And Increased Financial Satisfaction


 

The GOP Repeal Plan Sucks. But Is It Better Than Nothing? After years of false promises, this is the question conservatives are left with.


 

Health-Care Companies See Big Risks in Plan to Replace Obamacare: Though they are applauding the elimination of some taxes, insurers foresee problems from cancellation of penalties for going without health coverage


 

Senate Republicans Don’t Know What Health Care Bill They’re About To Vote For. That’s Nuts.  Behold the “Something Act of 2017”!


 

A Republican Congressman Just Called For Violence Against Female Anti-Trumpcare Senators


 

Trump Just Tweeted A Pathetic Response To Tonight’s Obamacare Repeal Defeat


 

John McCain's 'No' Vote Sinks Republicans' 'Skinny Repeal' Plan: The Arizona veteran cast an unexpected vote against Mitch McConnell’s last-ditch proposal to partially repeal the Affordable Care Act, leaving the GOP once again without a way forward.


 

The GOP’s Bid to Repeal Obamacare Is Probably Over for Good


 

Couple caught in ‘financial spiral’ jump to their deaths


 

Trump Wants to End Heating Aid for Low-Income Americans, It’s “No Longer Necessary” and “Rife with Fraud”


 

Steve Bannon reportedly wants to hike taxes on the richest Americans


 

Insurance CEO Lets America Know Trump is Sabotaging Plans on Purpose


 

Trump threatens to end Obamacare payments unless repeal passes


 

Donald Trump’s Revenge Is Coming Soon


 

How Republicans quietly sabotaged Obamacare long before Trump came into office: Billions that should go to Obamacare are missing, thanks to senators like Marco Rubio


 

Cantor comes clean, admits he didn’t believe his own ACA rhetoric


 

Trump Just Issued a Terrifying Obamacare Ultimatum


 

Sanders Institute delivers Medicare-for-All research paper to Congress


 

Four GOP Senators Come Out Against Unconditional ‘Skinny’ Obamacare Repeal: "... we shouldn't make that same mistake ..."


 

Collins received a round of applause at an airport in Maine after voting against Obamacare repeal


 

New Polls Have Bad News For Donald Trump And Republicans


 

IT'S OFFICIAL: The Rich Are Getting Richer And Everyone Else Is Getting Hosed


 

The White House is only telling you half of the sad story of what happened to American jobs


 

Dow hits record high as Wall Street cheers strong earnings season


 

American Companies Post Profit Growth Not Seen in Years . . . WALL STREET HITS NEW HIGH


 

The Budget and Deficit Under Clinton


 

Who Owns the U.S. National Debt?


 

Trump’s Clueless Abdication of Presidential Responsibility


 

Where Republicans Are Losing Ground: Ahead of the midterms, Democrats may have the chance to attract a broader-than-usual coalition of voters—especially among American women uneasy about President Trump.


 

Trump heralds economic numbers


 

Republican donor sues GOP for fraud over ObamaCare repeal failure


 

Trump Said The Foxconn Deal Is Good for American Workers. Here’s The Chilling Truth


 

Correcting the record: Consumers fare better under class actions than arbitration


 

Impressive, incomplete, and under threat: Janet Yellen’s legacy at the Federal Reserve


 

Youth unemployment is epidemic in America. It’s time to give our young people a chance to succeed.


 

CEO pay down — to ‘only’ 271 times that of the typical worker


 

Black jobless rate is historically low, report says, but decades-old disparities persist


 

Black Women’s ‘Equal Pay Day’ Reminds Us How Prsistent the Wage Gap Is


 

Transnational Corporations, Factory Farms and the Economic Colonization of Rural America


 

Farm-to-School Movement Fights for a Foothold in Corn Belt Cafeterias


 

To Grow Market Share, A Drugmaker Pitches Its Product To Judges


 

New Fears For Public Service Loan Forgiveness

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