Community Issues
The bottom line? Republican legislators want smaller government at all costs. If families get whacked by opioid abuse or teachers don’t get pay raises for years, well, that’s acceptable so that state government can shrink – and taxes lowered.
Featured Discussion The West County Democrats hosted Dr. Gena Gunn McClendon of Brown School, Center for Social Development at Washington University and Vicki C. Washington, JD, formerly of the University of Wisconsin today to discuss the issue of voter suppression Read More …
The greatest achievements of our country have always started with an aspiration.
At the grocery store check-out lane I placed a tray with a dozen cans of beef ravioli on the belt. The young man bagging my purchases said, “You must really like ravioli.” Before I could reply the checker replied, “He Read More …
State officials claim the steep drop in the food stamp, Medicaid and Temporary Assistance rolls demonstrate a surging economy: families no longer need help because they’re doing so much better.
In short, Missouri taxpayers deliver dump truck loads of money to Maximus which that company will justify by “proving” that thousands upon thousands of our neighbors shouldn’t get food help, access to medical care and other aid.