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Head Smacker: The Rationale Construction Industry at Work
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December 31, 2014

When the Republican-majority Congress starts up in January, they will want to set the stage for tax reductions for corporations and the wealthy.  The Rationale Construction Industry is doing its best to help.  Its work was in evidence in an opinion piece by Stephen Moore of the Heritage Foundation printed...

Asset Poverty in America
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December 23, 2014

Among the many troubling signs that the U.S. economy isn’t really recovering and that inequality is becoming more deeply ingrained is the lack of savings by most Americans and the tremendous disparities in assets between a wealthy few and much of the population. Although the stock market has rebounded spectacularly...

Fact of the Week: Child Poverty Rates Top 50 Percent in More Than 40 U.S. Counties
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December 19, 2014

At least one out of every two kids is poor in more than 40 counties in America, data released Wednesday by the Census Bureau revealed. The 2013 data is from the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program, which provides one-year income and poverty statistics for all 3,140 counties...

Expand Medicaid Now
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December 16, 2014

Medicaid expansion is critical to achieving the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) goal of providing access to affordable health coverage. The expansion was originally intended to be required of all states participating in the Medicaid program, but the 2012 Supreme Court ruled it optional. This has led 23 states to refuse...

Health for All
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December 12, 2014

Health care is important because….. While the Affordable Care Act is already improving the health and lives of millions of Americans, more than 40 million people in the United States still do not have health insurance. As a result, millions aren’t getting the care they need, jeopardizing both their health and...

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