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Latest Budget Deal Just Another Setback For The Far Right

November 1, 2015 By steven-j-gulitti

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

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

October 16th Talking Points For President Obama‏

October 12, 2012 By steven-j-gulitti

As an avid observer of national politics I’ll be honest and admit that President Obama’s last debate performance was nothing short of abysmal. What I find particularly frustrating about Barack Obama in general, and in his performance in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012 Presidential Debates, 2012 Presidential Election, American Foreign Policy, American Military Policy, barack-obama, David E. Sanger, deficit-spending, george-bush, medicare, mitt-romney, Robert Kagan, Role of Government

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

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

Do we really want managed care for the disabled?

January 5, 2012 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) Hang Lee struggled to get his words out in testifying yesterday morning before a packed public hearing in Boston on a proposal by the Patrick administration to introduce managed care into the delivery … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: disabilities, managed-care, medicaid, medicare

No More Turkey, Mass Seniors Want Security

November 23, 2011 By massuniting

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

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

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

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

On My Last Weekend, Or, Wanna Save A Few Trillion On Health Care?

July 24, 2011 By fake-consultant

So I disappeared for a full week, right in the middle of what should have been a busy writing schedule, and I have to claim some “personal days” to cover the time we missed here at the blog – but it won’t be time entirely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democrats, economics, health-care, medicaid, medicare, obama, obamacare, politics, reform, republicans

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