So, can we talk about gun safety, now? We keep hearing that it isn’t the right time to talk about gun legislation in the middle of a gun tragedy. But, then, of course … the news moves on and the short attention span of the American people leads our nation to just keep kicking the can down the road. So, I propose that we start to talk about gun safety legislation NOW, following two back-to-back ...

The time to get serious about rebuilding America's crumbling infrastructure is NOW! It's not just that bridges are falling down, roads are in disrepair, and updates for our railway systems are needed ... it's also that our water pipes delivering fresh water to our homes are disintegrating, and our electrical grid --- it's a disaster! With changes in the climate definitely upon us, upgrading our ...

The formal name for Obamacare is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In order to form an opinion on this new healthcare law, it's important to take a look at just what Obamacare DOES and DOES NOT do. Basically, the PPACA made new health care rules, with the purpose of making health care more available and affordable for everyone. Despite the noises that critics of the PPACA are mak ...

Heard this explanation of the health care mandate yesterday and thought I’d share it. Consider the Gas Tax. Because we need decent roads to drive our cars on, we are all asked to pay a tax on the gas we consume, which is then used to maintain our national road system. The mandate to purchase health care insurance, and to pay a penalty to the IRS if you don’t, can be looked at in the same way. ...

We love to watch Joe Scarborough's MSNBC "Morning Joe" weekday program. Joe is a political barometer in many ways ... a man who calls himself a "small government conservative" --- and even admits to having cast a protest vote for Ron Paul in the GOP primary --- but who appears to have embraced the Obama plan for America's economy. Not sure he actually "gets" that he's supporting Obama on fiscal ...

An uninformed citizenry is all that's necessary for a handful of billionaires to mold the thinking of a nation. These successful businessmen understand marketing --- and marketing their politics to serve their own interests is an easy step. Beginning with the Reagan presidency right-wing marketing has promoted the idea that labor unions are bad. Workers banding together to get safer working ...

America is being bought and sold to the New Tycoons. The Supreme Court, with the Citizens United decision, has given free rein to the uber wealthy to purchase our government for their own benefit --- and the 1% is moving quickly to exercise their new freedom to shape our nation to line their own pockets. It is no longer "One person, one vote" and has become "One dollar, one vote." The old a ...

So, you're really confused now ... is Obama the right leader for our country, or should we try a new guy? We think there are many reasons to stick with President Obama, but one of the strongest arguments may just be: Financial Regulations. Yeah, we know ... BORING! But, we should stop for a moment and consider HOW we got into this economic slide in the first place. It wasn't "big govern ...

The US economy is holding up much better than the economies of many other countries in this worldwide recession triggered by Wall Street banks. Clearly, big business has not jumped in to get the economy and employment kick-started, but our nation has been bumping along above the double-dip territory ... not so with countries that adopted "slash-and-burn" cuts to government spending, otherwise kno ...

I betcha that some out there will quickly reply, "government overspending." But, that's not right. The worldwide, economic meltdown was caused by the deregulation of Wall Street --- leading to risky, greedy gambling with tax-payer backed money: Heads --- Wall Street wins; Tails --- Wall Street wins. They couldn't lose, and they didn't. To continue to allow Wall Street to gamble with our mon ...