Well, in Washington many of the majority party are talking of turning Food Stamps and Medicaid into block grants – as happened to Temporary Assistance a few years back. The claim is that block grants offers states flexibility do Read More …
Category: Economic Fairness
Moving Past the Holidays
The morning before Christmas Eve I received an e-mail subjected, Spend Christmas With Your True Family. It came, of course, from a bar. This morning I awoke to hear the trash truck leaving my subdivision, normally not an issue except Read More …
Peter & Paul Community Services & Homelessness in St. Louis
Tom Burnham, Community Relations Officer at Peter and Paul Community Services (PPCS; www.ppcsinc.org/) spoke to a gathering of West County Democrats on December 12, 2016. Tom’s talk was both a broad historical view of community services for those experiencing homelessness Read More …
The Five “Best” Proposals From The First Week Of Pre-filing 2017 Missouri Bills
The Hits Keep On Coming … Well, new and returning legislators spent the first days of December pre-filing about 400 bills and resolutions. Not counting the many proposals to implement Right To Work and curtail or kill Prevailing Wage, my top Read More …
Did We Just Witness an American Cultural Revolution?
If an invasion force landed here with a plan to take our wealth and our freedom, we’d all recognize it and take up arms to defend ourselves. What if the threat was already among us and so pervasive in our Read More …
Another American institution on the chopping block
Quick quiz for you: Name any government, governmental organization or program, anywhere on earth, that is fully funded through 2034? The U.S. Social Security program is capable of paying benefits at 100% through 2034 and at 79% after that without Read More …