It is about all of us. It is trivial, but it reverses...

Unfortunately their brains are full of hubris, and...

The result is a meltdown of the nation’s foundations...

By an accepted implication, the United States Supreme...

Any system that is not a cohesive whole is, in fact,...

Nobody that has even a whiff of a chance is ready to...

President Joe Biden, who showed throughout the three...

Later, the film introduces us to the beginning of MMT...

Roosevelt created a new tax so that it would appear...

did I mention yet that Judge (You Know Her Name) is...

Regulators, now were being required to take into consideration...

Before the Civil war every decade there was political...

The two most critical requirements for a succesful...

When one chooses to look through the MMT lens with...

Punishment Culture is not so much to control bad behavior...

That lens shows us that homogenous peoples past grudges...

Taxes enforce the government’s currency as the default...

Amos, Jeremiah and Ezekiel all pleaded for the rulers...

With the Seventies on the horizon there was little...

He had a lot of help when he won, but the downfall...

one must consider what drove so many people in a nation...

The truth is, we do not have any party system at all. The...

when it comes to fooling the American electorate all...

They chose Trump because like Trump, they believe the...

For something to be accepted as part of MMT, it had...

The US and many of the world's currencies are no longer...

Rumors of the end of America as we know it precede...

While we wait to institute economic policies based...

It makes voting into more than just a beauty pageant...

Unless you frame MMT to bring the person to understand...

The cult designation became popular with the "woke"...

The Articles of Confederation were recognized as no...

I also realize that getting the opportunities to speak...

Modern Money Theory describes the funding mechanism...

Does that mean he intentionally bombed his own citizens...

It is hard to argue against the words "well regulated"...

Just because Israel is a Jewish nation and most Jews...

At the Federal level, there is no such thing as taxpayer...

His brother thought we were both nuts and stayed home....

we are rejecting the Democrats just as they have rejected...

We are now in the era of the celebrity candidate, and...

The history of neo-liberal economics is a slide that...

When someone tells you how divisive Donald Trump is,...

The plan passed by the Senate is a great start, but...

Instead of thinking about the Federal debt, think about...

We have a way to measure the resources available to...

she ain't dancin' with the guy that brung her.

Destroy the Far Right with the light of ideas that...

My grandfather was involved with Boston city politics,...

Hate the outcomes of their actions, not the actor.

Who are these never ending articles explaining all...

As the cognitive dissonance distance between what is...

President Trump demonstrates an ineptness that astounds...

When I mention these issues, people tell me to ‘get...

If Stein's votes all went to Hillary, then it would...

Someone that has demonstrated little patience to actually...

Amorality has become America's real enemy and both...

Trump's removal from office will not come from Congress...

What they came up with is an uncooked mess of leftover...

This is how our democratic government is supposed to...

But Socialism is very good at doing the necessary work...

Progressive Policy = Moral + Democratic Socialism +...

We all know about income inequality, where larger business...

Sanders addressed a gathering of Vermont NRA members...

I really doubt that any nation can have such a convoluted,...

As Senator Sanders has pointed out, our political system...

Was he a great President, or even an OK one? No. He...

Do you believe that we, as a society, can achieve our...

The idea here is to create a dynamic set of programs...

Soon MSNBC will be just another CNN, dead and nobody...

The meager improvements in the real unemployment figure...

I am willing to bet the 2016 election can bring on...

Democratic leadership stood there, hoping that each...

There was that silly budget continuing resolution that...

I used to compare how I voted to being one of George...

If all of us vote our personal best interests, we cannot,...

Hillary has not shown any inclination that she would...

A few years back, I was listening to a local talk show,...

Corporations are buying one another up so fast that...

They don't care if your sons or daughters end up dead...

She divides rather than unifies.  She is loved or...

Taking on a mortgage, buying a car or starting  a small...

To policy geeks,  it would essentially accomplish what...

There is no doubt that there are disadvantages to not...

Minimum wage is higher than the federal minimum in...

I recall when Larry King had one of these Right Wing...

one of the reasons I am a Progressive is because we...

Faith, therefore cannot be proved.  Those who look...

After the Great Depression and World War 2 our economy...

Money as speech is an artificial construct of the Supreme...

Free speech being equated with money and Corporations...

Mike has bounced around the radio dial for at least...

Einstein! If you can have your stupid relativity puns,...

They were conservatives that believed that welfare...

I took advantage of knowing where President Obama hid...

Ryan said something about children who do not have...

Maybe you should check out that Nigerian Prince.  Did...

America is being taken over by  corporations. In fact,...

Carol got me a job in the Kansas City, KS school d...

The following is the State of the Union that I would...

I laugh when I see people trying to get people to buy...

The idea is to separate a dangerous individual from...

Christie has come down with a disease which affects...

If the Democrats want to win, they must change the...

Some people, and this was true in Indiana, graduated...

Allow Corporations more freedom, and they will hire...

Fraud is not limited to those who run Ponzi schemes...

Joel is a witty guy, and his wit and intelligence was...

Republicans hate Democracy.  They try to squelch it...

My thoughts turned to the people I have met through...

I usually called Walt Bodine.  But not all my calls...

In this case it appears that ACA  is a success at signing...

Written 10 years agoThey really believe that America...

We joked about the NSA. listening whenever we were...

We Progressives are not perfect, but we surely don't...