Will Biden Make Up What's He's Losing By Alienating Young Voters, From More Reliable Elderly Voters?
Will Bingo Nights & Ads On The Price Is Right Save Democracy? There’s been a lot written about Democrats panicking over Biden losing very...
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Howie Klein
Mar 216 min read
House Republicans Want To Make The Nov Election About Raising The Retirement Age— Will Dems Fight?
Most GOP Members Just Grabbed The 3rd Rail Of American Politics Last week, I heard Erica Payne, founder of Patriotic Millionaires,...
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Howie Klein
Nov 26, 20239 min read
How Could The Voters Have Ever Let The Democrats Allow The New Deal Era To End?
Neoliberalism Kills It’s April 19, 1935, time for the House to vote on the Social Security Act. Extremely popular with the American...
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Howie Klein
Nov 7, 20234 min read
MAGA-Mike Thinks Social Security & Medicare Is An Unfair Burden On Wealthy Americans
Who Will Stop The GOP From Eviscerating Those Programs? As DeSantis sees his chances of beating Trump fade away. He’s finally released as...
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Howie Klein
Nov 5, 20236 min read
Should Billionaires Who Refuse To Pay Their Fair Share Of Taxes Face An Automatic Capital Sentence?
Or Just Confiscation Of 100% Of Their Wealth? I pick Door #1. But I've never been squeamish about the death penalty for wealthy...
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Howie Klein
Mar 23, 20238 min read
While The GOP Tries Cutting Social Security & Medicare, Progressives Have Very Different Ideas
Pouring gasoline onto the fire, the Fed raised interest rates by a quarter of a percent yesterday. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie...
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Howie Klein
Mar 17, 20238 min read
The Republicans Can't Control Their Attachment To Unpopular Extremist Measures Their Donors Demand
Many Of Them Are Starting To Realize DeSantis Is Too Extreme Let’s start with 2 important, loosely related questions— Why is the GOP...
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Howie Klein
Mar 11, 20234 min read
If McCarthy Gives In To Freedom Caucus Demands To Cut Social Welfare Programs, Who Pays Politically?
First Victims Are Republicans Running For Senate Mike Gallagher is a shoe-in for reelection. The 8th district, in the northeast of the...
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Howie Klein
Feb 27, 20234 min read
Do They Really Want To Cut Social Security Benefits?
They Sure Do... Did You Vote For One Of Them? Progressives have proposed bills to protect and expand Social Security benefits by raising...
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Howie Klein
Feb 19, 20236 min read
Reactionary Republicans— The Old Country Club Variety— Have Grabbed The Third Rail And Can’t Let Go
Biden And Trump will Eat Them Alive Neither Trump nor Biden has clean hands when it comes to Social Security. Trump is an inveterate liar...
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Howie Klein
Oct 23, 20225 min read
The Economic Inequality Chasm Has Grown In The Last 40 Years-- Guest Post By Bonnie Watson Coleman
I first met Bonnie in 2013 when she was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly. When Rush Holt decided to run for the U.S. Senate,...
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Howie Klein
Oct 15, 20215 min read
Universal Programs Are Better-- And They Stand The Test Of Time
Means testing has always sounded, at least on the surface, like it makes sense-- just help the poor, not rich people who don't really...
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