What I am going to imagine here is an argument that a progressive politician (for example, someone associated with a new Biden administration) could make in support of direct government spending to address a serious challenge to our collective well-being. By “direct” government spending I imply spending which is not “paid for” by garnering either …
New York State governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced cuts to Medicaid. This wouldn’t happen in a federally funded health care program –here’s why.
Given the pressing needs America and the world now face, which profit-making enterprise has no interest in addressing, the time for Stage 5 money is at hand. We have it in our grasp. The question is: when we will see what it is and how to use it?
Progressives seem to genuinely wonder why mainstream Americans would object to these proposals. Why would American voters be put off by proposals they’d obviously gain so much real””and in many cases personal””benefit from?