Friday, July 27, 2007 Carmakers Need National Health Care
US carmakers are pressing the United Auto Workers for more concessions on health benefits in their new contract talks. They would be better off gettign behind a national health plan that would provide comprehensive care at lower costs than the current inefficient private-insurance model.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Cure Our Health Care (1 comments)
Michael Moore's movie, SiCKO, shows all you need to know about the faults of the US health care system. Families and business owners would be better off if the US moved to a single-payer universal health care system proposed by US Rep. John Dingell.
Sunday, June 17, 2007 Dems Blinked (2 comments)
George W. Bush played "chicken" with the troops in Iraq and Congressional Democratic leaders blinked. Congress lost the confidence of progressives and anti-war independents by caving in on Iraq war appropriations. How does Congress restore that confidence? Not by ratifying trade bills negotiated by the Bush administration. Also, if Republicans block immigration reform, it's no great loss.
Saturday, June 2, 2007 No Immigration Fix
Until Congress addresses trade and the economic gap between the US and Mexico, legalizing the estimated 12 million undocumented aliens will only start the next chapter in the illegal immigration problem.
