LOSS OF MANUFACTURING JOBS HURTS RURAL AMERICA MORE THAN URBAN AMERICA
“Compared to urban areas, in 2015, manufacturing represented a greater share of both private nonfarm rural jobs (14 percent vs. 7 percent) and rural earnings […]
Month: September 2017
REPUBLICANS CUT COLLEGE FUNDING. COLLEGES RELY ON INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ HIGHER TUITIONS, BUT….
“A large majority — 76 percent [of college admission officials surveyed]— agree that Trump’s statements and policies have made it harder to recruit international students.” […]
SENATE SUPPORT FOR MEDICARE-FOR-ALL AS OF SEPT 15 2017
Senator State Re-election Tammy Baldwin Wisconsin 2018 Richard Blumenthal Connecticut 2022 Cory Booker New Jersey 2020 Al Franken Minnesota 2020 Kirsten Gillibrand New York 2018 […]
FIXING CLIMATE CHANGE HURTS PROFITS & AD REVENUE; SO, WE CANT DO ANYTHING?
“Not a problem we can solve”, says the eminently reasonable Axios, whose “partners” include Koch Bros and British Petroleum: “The bottom line: Climate change is not […]
DONALD TRUMP ON 911
Asked if his property had been damaged, Trump gloated his 40 Wall Street building was now the tallest in downtown Manhattan. “Forty Wall street actually […]
WHY ARE MEDICARE & VA CLIENTS MORE SATISFIED WITH THEIR INSURANCE THAN THOSE WITH PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT PLANS
“Americans who get their health insurance through government-sponsored or assisted plans, such as Medicare and Medicaid or veterans insurance, are more likely to be satisfied […]
VA & MEDICARE PATIENTS MORE SATISFIED WITH INSURANCE COVERAGE THAN THOSE INSURED BY PRIVATE-FOR PROFIT
% is “Percent Satisfied with the Way the Health Care System is Working” 78 % Military or Veterans 77 % Medicare 75 % Medicaid 71 […]
US HEALTH CARE COSTS COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES – NEARLY THREE TIMES HIGHER
We’re the only country with for-profit health insurance & the comparative costs per person in developed world are: $ 3,207 Italy 3,971 U.K. 4,152 Japan […]
REPUBLICAN/TRUMP INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSAL HARMS AMERICANS WHILE PROFITING CORPORATIONS
Because Republican plans rely on a tax credits for corporations and “loans” from the taxpayers to corporations, ”only projects that generate revenue would fit the […]
MEDICARE-FOR-ALL EFFICIENCY MUCH BETTER THAN PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT
Medicare operates on an overhead that is between 1/4 & 1/3 the overhead of private for-profit insurance companies. Private for-profit insurers have a 15% overhead […]