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[unable to retrieve full-text content]We often talk about poverty and people living in poverty as measured by the government, Then, we set policy with regards to them. We never quite realize the impact of the programs on the people on the receiving end. A brief recital of facts and figures in charts. I also do not believe we get […] The post A Measure of Poverty in the United States appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Elon Musk Was Behind Effort To Gaslight Americans Into Believing Donald Trump Supports Reproductive Rights, Above the Law In the waning days of the 2024 presidential election, a curious political action committee, named after the late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ran ads in support of Donald Trump. It, bizarrely, claimed RBG and Trump were […] The post Believing Donald Trump Supports Reproductive Rights appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]What state government were to do for their citizens they began doing in 2010 with the expansion of healthcare in the form of Medicaid. The 2010 Affordable Care Act encouraged states to expand Medicaid programs to cover more low-income Americans who did not get health insurance through their jobs. Forty states and the District of […] The post Fear of Losing Medicaid and the ACA Healthcare When Trump Takes Office appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]I forgot, today is December 7th, The day in 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in a surprise and unexpected attack. As many other men did, my dad served in the military onboard a destroyer escort. I can only imagine what he and others went through even though I am ex-military myself. Prof. Heather’s message […] The post The Day Of . . . appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]When an economy produces goods and services above and beyond the requisite, i.e., produces an abundance, it creates wealth.  Ten-eleven thousand years ago, this wealth was likely food stored for winter, that rainy day, that dry season, … .  Today, for some, this abundance/wealth might include assets such as fine houses, lifestyle, money, …; and […] The post Wealth –  Money – Worth appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Five Questions with Congressman Dan Goldman – by Joyce Vance Civil Discourse Dan Goldman represents New York House District 10, which includes Brooklyn and Manhattan. He starts his second term as a member of Congress in January. Readers of Civil Discourse will remember the Congressman from before he was elected because we watched him serve […] The post Questions to A Congressman appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]This is a good take on what has been happening with United States Fiscal policies impacting its economy. It does mention former President Trump’s 2017 tax break which targeted the upper 5% of taxpayers with substantial breaks. We should look further to the 2001 and 2003 Bush’s tax breaks which Obama extended for two years […] The post A Fiscal Policy in a Global Context? appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]If you can tolerate a long commentary about Trump’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, this is a good read. It would be hilarious if it were not true. Kind of like a joke? Except, it is for real. The contrarian addiction – by Merrill Goozner GoozNews Dr. Marty Makary, Donald Trump’s nominee […] The post The contrarian addiction appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The population is on a path to shrink and the majority of the population will be elderly in some fashion or another shortly. US productivity is based on inputs from Labor without which there could be declines in such without younger Labor. The nation populated in the past is not on a path of replacement […] The post Uncertainty is nothing new for DACA recipients appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The antiregulation bias of the Supreme Court was loudly signaled with the overturn of Chevron deference. Now, the SCOTUS has arrogated to itself the interpretation of technical details for regulation of things they are all incompetent to assess: ““Since Chevron has fallen, agencies are much more cautious in putting forward rules and regulations,” Ramachandran said. […] The post Roberts court silver lining appeared first on Angry...