Tag Archives: Washington

Foreign Affairs: Lane Kenworthy: America’s Social Democratic Future

Source:The New Democrat  The Affordable Care Act even though health insurance won’t be expanded to all Americans even when fully implemented and that is one of the weakness’s of it, which is why I was in favor of the public … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Mike Konczal: War on Poverty Turns 50: Three Lessons For Progressives Today

Source:The New Democrat This really should be lessons for today’s so-called Progressives. I’m looking for a word to describe someone who has a big centralize government program, policy or new tax to solve everyone’s problems for them. Which is how … Continue reading

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The White House: President Obama Speaks on Extending Emergency Unemployment Insurance

. Source:The New Democrat  The Democratic path to victory in 2014. It’s the economy stupid and make 2014 the Democratic economic vision vs. the Republican economic vision. Middle out bottom up economics that is about expanding economic freedom for everyone … Continue reading

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VOA News: Washington Week: Focus on US Unemployed

. Source:The New Democrat Here’s an idea that even Republicans could support especially since one of them proposed it when he ran for president a couple of years ago. And still talks about this and is in favor of it. … Continue reading

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The New York Times: Gregory Mankiew- Help The Working Poor, But Share The Burden

Source:The New Democrat Gregory Mankiew seems to be arguing in his New York Times column that the best way to help the working poor is to take from the economically successful that is the middle class and not the struggling … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Russell Crandall- Uruguay’s Pot Legalization is Bad For America’s War on Drugs

Source:The New Democrat Then U.S. Senator John Kerry when he was up to be U.S. Secretary of State in I believe January or February 2013 during his Senate confirmation hearing was asked a question about the so-called War on Drugs … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Noam Scheiber: ‘Raising the Minimum Wage Isn’t Just Good Politics: It’s Good Economics’

Source:The New Republic– supporters for raising the minimum wage. Source:The New Democrat “The minimum-wage debate follows a predictable pattern any time it flares up in the media: Liberals say it’s a moral outrage that people can toil away at full-time … Continue reading

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VOA News: Judy Tableou: ‘Prison Work Farm Rehabs Inmates, Horses’

Source:VOA News– an ex-inmate who now works at this prison as a freeman. Source:The New Democrat “An innovative program in the United States is giving man and beast a second chance at life. VOA’s Julie Taboh takes us to a … Continue reading

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The Atlantic: Josh Freedman & Michael Lind: ‘The Past & Future of America’s Social Contract’

Source:The Atlantic with a look at the so-called American social contract. Source:The New Democrat  “In the 20th century, the United States moved from an economy based on high wages and reliable benefits to a system of low wages and cheap … Continue reading

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The New America Foundation: Michael Lind: ‘The Next Social Contract’

Source:New America Foundation– from Michael Lind’s book. Source:The New Democrat “The American social contract—the implicit division of obligations among individuals, families, employers, communities, and government—has long needed an update. Policies, programs, and assumptions designed for the single-earner families and industrial … Continue reading

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