Category: News and Politics
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The five “D”s of opposing political opinions
1. Deny: It’s a total lie, it never happened, it’s fake news. 2. Dismiss: Ok, it happened, but it’s not a big deal. 3. Downplay: Ok, it might be a big deal only because of the other side’s fanatics, but it’s not illegal. 4. Deflect: Ok, it’s illegal, but the other side did something worse, so…
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5 things we know about the Republican health care reform plan
We know more about the Republican plan to reform national health care policy now that the Senate has released its ‘secret’ plan. These are a few things that are all but certain at this point: Obamacare will not be repealed or replaced. Both the House and Senate reform bills keep most features of the prior…
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How will you fare under the Senate health bill?
Summary of Senate health bill’s effect on small businesses: eliminates requirement to be insured protects insurers in the marketplace shifts but retains tax credits lowers the number of people eligible for free or reduced price coverage cuts taxes for the wealthy suspends the ‘Cadillac Tax’ strips federal funding from Planned Parenthood is surprisingly light-weight; only about…
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Outrage over Senate’s health care reform bill spreads
US Senator Bob Menendez from New Jersey joined with many health care advisers, including myself, in expressing his outrage over the secretive process used to draft the replacement bill for health care reform that is apparently designed to hide the details from public scrutiny. I’ve been an advocate of health care reform and an active…
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A Crime Against Humanity
There is a concept in the law known as “last clear chance”. This means that even if you didn’t create a problem, you are still liable if you had the last clear chance to avoid a catastrophe but chose to not do so. For example, if you are driving down the highway and see a child…
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Obstruction of Justice!
I know you thought this would be about President Trump. It’s not. It’s about me. I was once threatened with a charge of obstruction of justice. My lawyer later explained that law enforcement has wide latitude in applying this charge and that they probably would have prevailed in bringing the criminal charge against me had…
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Are you a financial revolutionist?
A revolutionist is someone who wants to change the world — not just sitting around talking about it, but actually doing something to bring about change. If that describes your approach to personal financial management, then I’d love to have a conversation about what you are doing now and what else can be done to improve…
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Philly: “This is not a normal election”
This post is not meant to express an opinion on any of the local issues here in Philadelphia or express support or criticism any candidate. The fact is that I don’t know much about criminal justice and I don’t know any of the candidates in the DA race. This writing simply expresses my fear of…
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Cities vote to support impeachment investigation
I urge my hometown of Philadelphia to join other cities across the country like Los Angeles, Berkeley, Alameda, Richmond, Charlotte, Cambridge in passing a resolution to support for any legislative action to investigate Trump’s possible violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. We can not rely on federal government to complete an investigation of…
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Why I oppose the Republican health care plan
(Hint: It’s pretty much the same reason as I opposed ACA but with a new additional objection that it gives unwarranted tax breaks to the wealthy). “Anybody with $250,000 a year of adjusted gross income and a lot of investment income is going to have a huge tax cut.” – Warren Buffett, 5/5/2017 on the Republican…