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GOP Still Doesn't Care About The Health Of Citizens
(Cartoon image is by Bob Englehart.) The zombie Republican "health care" bill has come back again. I put it in quotation marks because it's not really a health... Read more
The 20 September 2017 by Jobsanger
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The Minimum Wage Won't Buy Decent Housing In Any State
The national minimum wage in the United States is $7.25 an hour ($15,080 a year). The Republicans will tell you that is enough, and the minimum wage does not... Read more
The 20 September 2017 by Jobsanger
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Median Income Rises - Still Below 2007 Level In 27 States
The chart above, from the Economic Policy Institute, shows the percentage rise in income in each of the 50 states. Here is what David Cooper and Julia Wolfe at... Read more
The 20 September 2017 by Jobsanger
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Voting Belief
No one knows the origins of religion. Before the advent of writing we can only guess, based on artifacts. Even in the era of scriveners, nobody jotted down the... Read more
The 20 September 2017 by Steveawiggins
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Pluralities View Both Parties As Too Extreme Politically
The two political parties seem to both want to become more extreme in their views. Many Democrats want their party to move further to the left, and many... Read more
The 21 September 2017 by Jobsanger
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Two New Polls Show A Plurality Want Single-Payer
A couple of days ago, I brought you the results of a recent Rasmussen Poll showing that a plurality of Americans (48%) would support a single-payer health... Read more
The 21 September 2017 by Jobsanger
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Public Is Still Convinced Trump Will Get Us Into A War
The chart above reflects the results from the Economist / YouGov Poll. It is a weekly poll, and I went back to show how the country feels about Trump and war. Read more
The 21 September 2017 by Jobsanger
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Domesticity
One of the truly disturbing aspects of religion is its tendency to become domesticated. What I mean is that it becomes so much a part of the everyday scenery... Read more
The 21 September 2017 by Steveawiggins
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Trump Speaks To The U.N. - And Proves Himself A Fool
(Image is from the Facebook page of a friend.) There's an old saying that a man can let people think he's a fool, or speak and remove any doubt. Read more
The 22 September 2017 by Jobsanger
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Insurance Companies Join Those Opposing Trumpcare
The image above is no surprise. Everyone but the rich and Republicans oppose the Senate GOP's latest effort to repeal Obamacare (the Graham-Cassidy Trumpcare... Read more
The 22 September 2017 by Jobsanger
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