Showing posts with label social contract. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social contract. Show all posts
Monday, October 3, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Charting The Debt Deal
Aug 11th, 2011
The whole thing is bad medicine and represents a failure of national priorities.
The whole thing is bad medicine and represents a failure of national priorities.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Quote Of The Day
July 16th, 2011
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| Photograph via Newser |
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Friday, July 15, 2011
The Sky Is Still Falling
July 15th, 2011
Or so it would seem. Thom Hartmann gives a rundown of the long and illustrious history of America's social programs "going broke."
Or so it would seem. Thom Hartmann gives a rundown of the long and illustrious history of America's social programs "going broke."
Friday, July 8, 2011
The "Senior" Vote
July 8th, 2011
With all the fearmongering and hullabaloo over potential threats to the nation's social contract (conservatives call it "entitlements), just what is the finger on the pulse of America's senior citizens telling us?
It is revealing some really serious potential trouble for the Republicans. Perhaps President Obama should pay heed. After all, this is the single most reliable turnout demographic in national elections.
From NBC:
"Whether it’s due to the current Medicare debate, the end of the health-care fight (in which the GOP clubbed Democrats on Medicare), or something else, Republicans are losing ground with seniors. In our combined NBC/WSJ polls for the first half of this year (so 4,800 total interviews, including 711 seniors), 44% of seniors identify themselves as Democrats, versus 35% who identify themselves as Republicans. So a nine-point spread. But in our merged NBC/WSJ polls from 2010 (12,502 interviews, including 1,931 seniors), Democrats held just a two-point edge among seniors, 42%-40%. Why is this important? Because last year -- when they won control of the House and made gains in the Senate -- Republicans overperformed with seniors. According to the exit polls, the GOP won the senior vote by more than 20 percentage points, 59%-38%. But in 2008, McCain beat Obama among seniors by eight points, 53%-45%. And in 2006, Democrats split the senior vote, 49%-49%."
Mr. President, about that little release yesterday regarding social security? Really bad idea.
It is revealing some really serious potential trouble for the Republicans. Perhaps President Obama should pay heed. After all, this is the single most reliable turnout demographic in national elections.
From NBC:
"Whether it’s due to the current Medicare debate, the end of the health-care fight (in which the GOP clubbed Democrats on Medicare), or something else, Republicans are losing ground with seniors. In our combined NBC/WSJ polls for the first half of this year (so 4,800 total interviews, including 711 seniors), 44% of seniors identify themselves as Democrats, versus 35% who identify themselves as Republicans. So a nine-point spread. But in our merged NBC/WSJ polls from 2010 (12,502 interviews, including 1,931 seniors), Democrats held just a two-point edge among seniors, 42%-40%. Why is this important? Because last year -- when they won control of the House and made gains in the Senate -- Republicans overperformed with seniors. According to the exit polls, the GOP won the senior vote by more than 20 percentage points, 59%-38%. But in 2008, McCain beat Obama among seniors by eight points, 53%-45%. And in 2006, Democrats split the senior vote, 49%-49%."
Mr. President, about that little release yesterday regarding social security? Really bad idea.
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