The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook And it’s about to get worse: Spending, taxes, and borrowing authority are all set by law. In roughly two weeks, the national debt will … Continue reading
This is strange news: According to an article by Monica Potts in The American Prospect magazine (an excellent publication, by the way), over the past 18 years, the life expectancy of white American women who are not high school graduates … Continue reading
You might have seen recent reports about groups of rural counties in Colorado, California, and Maryland where the locals want to secede from their respective states in order to form new (very tiny) ones. Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo … Continue reading
A National Journal article by Jill Lawrence last month makes a number of points related to those in the New York Times piece I mentioned yesterday. While a lot of business owners and managers obviously tend to be pro-Republican, they’re … Continue reading
I sometimes hear it suggested that almost all political problems can be blamed on the financial clout of corporations. Indeed, it’s obviously true that corporations do have a lot of influence. Even before the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling that … Continue reading
Yesterday’s intelligent rant from John Green reminded me of a worry I’ve heard voiced a number of times recently, namely, that the Affordable Care Act will cost jobs by requiring most larger businesses — those with 50+ employees — to … Continue reading
John Green (the guy in those history videos I link to most Sundays) explains why healthcare reform encourages people to start new businesses and create more jobs: Link: http://youtu.be/R7LF5Vj2n64 (I included his previous video essay on the high cost of … Continue reading
A survey conducted earlier this year by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that the public remains poorly informed about the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and about healthcare in general. For example, in the past few years healthcare costs have been … Continue reading
John Green (the guy in those history videos I link to most Sundays) has the clearest and most succinct and accurate explanation of high health care costs in the U.S. The short answer is that there are a combination of … Continue reading
As usual, both hilarious and informative: The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook Link: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-13-2013/frisky-business And as a bonus, here’s last week in review: The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily … Continue reading