“Post Bolton’s revelation democracy is definitively on trial. Our collective response, inclusive of Senators, will amplify or muffle Liberty Bell’s ring. Bolton must testify. We have the right to be an informed public and a first hand witness, such as the President’s former National Security Advisor,…”
“The death penalty is not a crime deterrent. Far too many have been erroneously or wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death. Litigation post sentencing is lengthy, costly and wasteful before the sentence is carried out, and sentencing to death is disproportionately applied to cases involving convi…”
“Defense spending was already way too high. This is a false bargain in light of threatened safety net programs and looming Trillions in deficits due to tax giveaways to very wealthy. Why delay the reckoning that’s needed right now, not two years from now when it again will be kicked down the road. ”
“This bill, and a similar version developing in the other chamber of Congress needs to be voted down. The underlying challenge in tax policy is to reverse decades of bipartisan collusion in redistributing wealth from poor and middle income people to a very small group of very wealthy individuals and …”
“The blatant move by the GOP in the Senate to punish states that expanded Medicaid is wrongheaded. The move distorts priorities by minimizing health needs at a time when military expenditures are being expanded significantly and the very same Senate seeks to reward the super wealthy with huge tax bre…”
“Outrageous, my grandmothers, a New York resident, who legally migrated to the US in the 1920s, and raised my mother there, had a stroke in the mid-1960s and traveled to live with us in the Caribbean Island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. Can you imagine an inhumane proposition that my grandmother cou…”
“A key problem is never ending war and out of proportion military spending egged on by an overly influential military industrial complex. A re-prioritization of resources should result in more attention to domestic needs related to the environment, climate change, infrastructure and social services. …”
“This bill (BCRA) needs to be defeated, voted down. Our objective as a nation should be to increase the number of people (ideally up to 100%) who have access to affordable, quality and timely healthcare services, including prevention. We should also aim to reduce the overall cost of healthcare as a p…”
“Quit avoiding taxing the wealthy. They need to pay their fair share. We should avoid regressive taxation which takes a larger share of the income of poor and middle income families. The poor should not disproportionately finance the infrastructure that supports business and also suffer the indignity…”