May 21, 2013

The Socialist’s Journal: Cutting Spending

Trevor Brookins

*It is unfair to continually point out the flaws in another person’s solution to a problem without proposing a solution of your own. Doing so is not helping and only criticizing those who are trying to help. I am occasionally guilty of this kind of behavior. I consistently explain what I think is wrong with [...]




Ph.D’s are Turning to Welfare for Help?

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*Education is the key to freedom for many. An advanced education promises higher salaries and benefits for most, but there are still some that are finding that the hundreds of thousands of dollars that have been spent on several degrees far outweigh their ability to repay those loans. A recent report from ABC, gives clear [...]




Video: Obama Budget Proposal Vows to Protect Poor, Elderly

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*Taking a stand against Republican budget-cutting plans, President Barack Obama today proposed lowering the nation’s future deficits by $4 trillion over 12 years and promised he would not allow benefit cuts for the poor and the elderly to pay for tax breaks for the rich. “That’s not right and it’s not going to happen as [...]




Obama Ready to Propose His Deficit-Reduction Plan

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*He may have sat on the sidelines during the budget debate, but President Obama will enter the fray Wednesday by setting targets for deficit reduction-and coming out in favor of cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. Still, there is a gap to bridge between Obama and Republicans, who want to essentially privatize Medicare and Medicaid while [...]




Video: Family Cut Off Medicaid 9-Year Old Dies

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*If they are not, Social Services should be looking at a nightmare lawsuit in Denver, Co.  But, a family that was unexpectedly cut off Medicaid lost a beautiful little boy, Zumante Lucero, in July and there isn’t any reports of a filing so far. Hopefully, the family will get SOMETHING seeing as how the state is already admitting [...]