Reading a little item in our local alt-weekly, which details how day care subsidies have taken yet another hit in our county, I’m reminded of the many glowing NPR stories that I heard back in the 90’s about welfare reform. The idea, championed by some Republican governors as well as Democrats, was to subsidize daycare …
Fuck The Poor
I may have to go and help her with GOTV
This is a plea from Michigan – from valued commenter HillaryRettig: Dear Juicers, Greetings from southwest Michigan, where the landscape is flat, the people are darned nice, and the football teams and the beer kick ass. (Plus, we just got an Alamo Drafthouse – yeah, us!) Plus, we progressives have a GREAT candidate, Paul Clements, …
Here’s A Bargain
This is grand, from Sherrod Brown: “There are two fundamental numbers that make this a moral case for Democrats to make,” Brown told me in an interview today. “One is that a third of seniors rely on Social Security for virtually their entire income. The other is that more than half of seniors rely on …
An Important Thing Nobody Cares About
The nomination of Janet Yellin is important and got a lot of attention, perhaps out of proportion to her importance. The nomination of the head of the FCC got almost no attention, and his job is pretty important. So it’s no surprise that Tom Wheeler, who was just confirmed, has the following resume: Wheeler was …
Good lord that is a lot of money
A lot of money is being left on the table by the states that are not expanding Medicaid at this time. Don Taylor has the details at Same Facts: According to an analysis I have done using Kaiser Family Foundation data–in 2016 alone–the 24 expanding states will receive $30.3 Billion additional federal dollars, while those …
Working Poverty Gets No Coverage
Wegman’s, a grocery story chain, is a big deal around here. They’re regularly on the “Top 100 places to work” lists compiled by business magazines, because they pay well for a grocery store, offer benefits, and have a history of promoting from within. But this is ridiculous: Some 10,000 people applied for 500 positions at …
Young adults and their parents
Ronnie Pudding in comments last night asked a good question: Aren’t most of those young people covered by their parents’ plans? The keeping a young adult on a parent’s group policy is a middle and upper middle class policy sweetner. It is not a comprehensive policy to actually address access to insurance among those who can’t …