Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Voters Matter More Than The WaPo Editorial Board
The elderly vote, and they like their benefits. That neither political party has been pandering to them, except in the weird negative way of promising to screw the youngs has been just bizarre to me. It's a mystery to me how people are paid lots of money to tell candidates not to promise to give the elderly more and better benefits. I don't want politicians to lie, but even if they don't want to increase benefits it seems like the perfect pander!
How could any sensible politician be "reluctant to embrace the proposal"?
It’s true that many Democrats remain reluctant to embrace the proposal. But an increasing number of Dems — including Elizabeth Warren, Tom Harkin, Jeff Merkley and 70 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus — believe it’s good politics to push for an expansion of a hugely popular program that has been central to the Democratic Party’s identity for many decades.
How could any sensible politician be "reluctant to embrace the proposal"?
Crazy Ideas
Someone's been smoking the wacky tabacky.
The new proposal is called the Retirement and Income Security Enhancements Act, or RAISE Act, and it would increase benefits specifically for groups who have seen their retirement security eroded by recent economic trends such as the transition to two-earner families, stagnating wages, declining savings, and the erosion of pensions. It would increase benefits for many divorced spouses, and widows and widowers, and would extend benefit eligibility for some children of retired, disabled or deceased workers – to be paid for by a two-percent payroll tax on earnings over $400,000, which is also designed to shore up the program’s long-term finances.
Nice Work
All stories about the PSD need to include the fact that it's controlled by the state, not the city.
Monday, June 09, 2014
Going Fishing
Traveling a bit for a few days starting tomorrow, so blogging might be a bit lazier than usual.
Even In The T
Yes Corbett's unpopularity has been a bit of a mystery to me. It's a bit education, a bit fracking, a bit that he's no good at going on the teevee and being appealing. Still that he's that unpopular is surprising.
Many months until November, however.
Many months until November, however.
Horrible
A useful reminder (below) that the people who have run our elite discourse for decades are horrible people. Even the ones who aren't horrible have enabled them by going on the teevee with them and saying things like "my dear friend George has a good point."
Suck on this, America!
Suck on this, America!
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