by MCDC | Jan 4, 2014 | Employment, Ethics, Health Care, History, Issues, Minimum Wage, Sequester, Social Security, Video
extracts from Wikipedia and PoliticsUSA The Second Bill of Rights was a list of rights proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his State of the Union Address on January 11, 1944. In his address Roosevelt suggested that the nation had come to recognize, and should...
by MCDC | Jan 2, 2014 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Ethics, Health Care, Issues
by BRIAN BEUTLER A quick look at the House and Senate vote calendars indicates that Congress did not in fact come back into session over the holidays to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which means that as of today (depending on how you count it) millions and millions...
by MCDC | Jan 2, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Citizens United, Ethics, Events, Video, Voter Rights
by Cory Doctorow Brian sez, “Lawrence Lessig, former EFF board member, chair of the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, founder of the Center for Internet and Society, founding board member of Creative Commons, and former board member of the Free...
by MCDC | Dec 28, 2013 | Citizens United, Ethics
byLaura Clawson The American Legislative Exchange Council has been influencing policy for the worse for decades; with the news that ALEC is struggling to keep members and raise the big corporate money to which it’s accustomed, let’s review just what all...
by MCDC | Dec 26, 2013 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Employment, Ethics, Minimum Wage, Satire, Sequester, Social Security
Are you ready for a visit from Saint Ayn Rand on the day after Christmas? With a million and a half people losing their unemployment benefits, there’ll be tough times ahead for all you “moochers.” But don’t worry, Rand Paul and crew are just trying to help you,...
by MCDC | Dec 18, 2013 | Citizens United, Economy, Employment, Ethics, History, Sequester, Video
There’s so much truth here — it’s the kind of thing that needs to be blasted across the front page of every newspaper and news website across the land. But there’s a reason that won’t...
