8 May 2012
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GOP: Shield Pentagon, Cut Poverty Programs
From Politico
Setting the stage for an emotional floor fight Thursday, House Republicans pushed ahead Monday evening with plans to protect increased defense spending without raising taxes, largely by cutting more from domestic programs, including aid to the poor. The stark choices incorporated in the giant bill will have an immediate impact on...
Congress ignores public opinion (again)
From Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse talks with Chris Hayes about why policies that are popular with the American public, for example, the 'Buffett Rule bill,' so frequently fail when put before Congress, an ostensibly representative body.
POLL: 7 out of 10 Americans support the Buffet Rule
From CNN.com
Hours before a...
Keeping a Promise to Home Care Aides
From the New York Times
Evelyn Coke, who died in 2009 at age 74, was a home care aide whose case for fair pay went to the Supreme Court in 2007, where she lost 9 to 0. At issue were federal rules that define home care aides as “companions,” a label that exempts employers from having to pay minimum wage and time-and-a-half for overtime. The...
It's been a week since Rep. Paul Ryan and House Republicans voted and passed their 2013 budget, the so called "Path to Prosperity," more aptly called the Path to Poverty at Change Nation. The GOP budget would end Medicare as we know it and give big businesses and corporations more tax breaks, while taking away essential services that benefit ordinary Americans. This is not...
Nearly one in six people in this country is poor. And they will get even poorer if the House budget becomes law, It is alarming that the proposed GOP budget expected to pass the House today will give additional tax breaks to the wealthy while cutting essential programs needed by people on low incomes. An estimated $4.3 trillion will be cut from programs including Social Security, Medicaid,...
