
Paul deLespinasse
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1 week ago |
laprogressive.com | Paul deLespinasse |Rob Maurer
The real challenge is to live as well as possible in the world we have, rather than risking destruction by measures taken to affect life in a billion years. The real challenge is to live as well as possible in the world we have, rather than risking destruction by measures taken to affect life in a billion years.
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2 weeks ago |
commondreams.org | Paul deLespinasse
Republicans in Congress are planning to slash funding for Medicaid in order to help pay for major tax reductions for wealthy Americans and corporations. But they don't want to cut Medicaid openly, because it will gravely injure many people who voted for them. One way to cut Medicaid expenditures without overtly reducing benefits is to increase required paperwork. Additional bureaucratic hassle will discourage people from applying for what they are eligible for.
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2 weeks ago |
newsmax.com | Paul deLespinasse
Republicans in Congress are planning to slash funding for Medicaid to help pay for major tax reductions for wealthy Americans and corporations. But they don't want to cut Medicaid openly because it will gravely injure many people who voted for them. One way to cut Medicaid expenditures without overtly reducing benefits is to increase required paperwork. Additional bureaucratic hassle will discourage people from applying for what they are eligible for.
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3 weeks ago |
laprogressive.com | Paul deLespinasse |Rob Maurer
The second Trump administration has been implementing the "let's make government weaker" recommendations of the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation with a vengeance. Americans have long bragged that we are the world's most advanced nation. We certainly used to be. But those leading earlier in a race do not always end up winning it.
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3 weeks ago |
laprogressive.com | Paul deLespinasse |Rob Maurer
All governments being oligarchical, democracy merely limits what the individuals who are ruling can get away with. Democracy is a good idea. But it is neither the only good idea nor the most important one. To protect everyone from governmental mistreatment, the rule of law is much more important than democracy. Democracy gives voters only limited and slow influence over government.
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