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  • February 20, 2019

Latest Budget Deal Just Another Setback For The Far Right

November 1, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti 2 Comments

In what is shaping up to be a year of setbacks for the Republican Party's far right, last Friday's budget deal can only be seen as yet another defeat. Senator Ted Cruz labeled the deal “a slap in the face to conservatives.” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barack-obama, club-for-growth, Debt Limit, Export - Import Bank, George Will, harry-reid, Heritage Action, john-boehner, medicare, mitch-mcconnell, nancy-pelosi, new-deal, Paul Ryan, republican-party, Sequestration, social-security, tea-party, Ted Cruz

Conservative Media Attacks Help for Elderly, Disabled & Working Poor

August 23, 2013 By thegreenmiles 2 Comments

The Cato Institute, funded by a who's who of right-wing billionaires, big-money polluters, and corporations looking to preserve tax loopholes, is once again attacking assistance for the elderly, disabled & working poor. Here's how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Antonio-Planas, cato-institute, economy, medicare, mitt-romney, Sarah-Siskind, social-safety-net, social-security

Ai-Jen Poo, National Domestic Worker Leader and Time 100 Honoree, Will Speak at the Boston Care Congress on June 16th

June 3, 2012 By jbrelsfo Leave a Comment

Ai-Jen Poo, a gifted community organizer recently honored by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, will speak at the Greater Boston Care Congress on June 16th. The Congress will launch the Massachusetts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, communities, disab, disability, domestic, domestic workers, economy, elder-care, health-care, health-care-in-massachusetts, home-care, immigrant, immigration, labor, labor-unions, long-term-care, love, massachusetts, medical, medicare, national, personal care, politics, random, seniors, social-justice, social-security, taxes, unemployment, workers, workers-rights, working-families

No More Turkey, Mass Seniors Want Security

November 23, 2011 By massuniting 1 Comment

Dressed in full Thanksgiving regalia and chanting “No more turkey – we want security!” nearly fifty local seniors gathered in front of the offices of Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown today to protest anticipated cuts to Medicare, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ma-senate, medicaid, medicare, social-security, Super Committee

3000+ New England Seniors Rally in Boston to Say STOP the Cuts

November 10, 2011 By massuniting Leave a Comment

The Wang Theater in downtown Boston was packed Wednesday, as seniors and community members came together to voice their strong opposition to proposed cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. The historic rally and march came as the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ma-sen, ma-senate, medicaid, medicare, seniors, social-security, Super Committee

On Speaking To Power, Or, When Sanity’s Gone, There’s Always Satire

August 1, 2011 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

So everybody’s hearing the news, right? There is a tentative debt ceiling deal, and this Administration and Congressional Democrats seem to have won everything they wanted: Republicans get to have multiple “we don’t approve” votes before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: #thanksalot, action, comedy, congress, debt, Debt Ceiling, democrats, economics, elections, humor, medicare, obama, politics, republicans, satire, snark, social-security, twitter, white-house, whitehouse

On Running Your Own Government, Or, Why Pay The Military?

July 29, 2011 By fake-consultant 1 Comment

I have not been talking about the insanity around the debt ceiling and debt and deficit and the efforts of Republicans to drive us all off the cliff, but I am today – and I’m going to do it by allowing you to grab ahold of this problem and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congress, Debt Limit, democrats, economy, elections, medicaid, medicare, politics, republicans, social-security

Will a Deficit Reduction/Debt Ceiling Deal Help Re-elect Barack Obama?

July 10, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti Leave a Comment

Right now I think the likelihood of Barack Obama being reelected is far from assured. Political commentator Mark Halperin thinks that concluding a deal on deficits and debt will greatly aid Obama in his reelection bid. With regard to how a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012-elections, barack-obama, Debt Ceiling Negotiations, Deficit Reductions, Great Recession, medicare, Republican Presidential Candidates, social-security, unemployment

Obama Wants To Attack The Middle Class? Take Congress Hostage!

July 9, 2011 By fake-consultant 6 Comments

By now you have heard that President Obama has chosen to throw Social Security and the Medicare and Medicaid Programs over the side of his proverbial fishing boat as bait to see if he can get Republicans to give him another really lousy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, congress, democrats, economy, elections, hardball, medicaid, medicare, obama, realpolitik, republicans, social-security, The Fear

The Looming Compromise on Revenues

July 8, 2011 By steven-j-gulitti 2 Comments

Against the backdrop of heightened political rhetoric among conservatives about not being willing to raise tax revenues as part of the deal to raise the debt ceiling, there is a growing acknowledgement among many Republicans in Washington … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: americans-for-tax-reform, Debt Negotiations, Entitlement Reform, Eric Cantor, grover-norquist, joe-biden, john-boehner, medicaid, medicare, Mike Lee, mitch-mcconnell, obama-administration, PBS News Hour, Pew Research Polling, republican-party, Saxby Chambliss, social-security, Taxpayer Protection Pledge, tom-coburn, Vin Weber

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