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In OtherWords: June 28, 2017
Here are two interesting numbers: The Senate health care bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, would throw 22 million more Americans off their insurance over the next decade alone, the Congressional Budget Office estimates. And, perhaps...
What Happened to America’s Wealth? The Rich Hid It.
If you find yourself traveling this summer, take a closer look at America’s deteriorating infrastructure — our crumbling roads, sidewalks, public parks, and train and bus stations. Government officials will tell us "there's no money" to repair or properly maintain our...
Making Utility Bills Rise Again
It’s summer and the mercury is soaring. Temperatures are higher than ever, it turns out. Last year was the hottest year since humanity started recording temperatures, and it’s going to get much worse in the years to come, as a recent University of Hawaii study shows....
Student Debt Means Fewer Public Servants — and More Bankers
Cum laude, my diploma reads — "with honor." But cum debitum, "with debt," is a bit more accurate. Collectively, America’s student borrowers owe $1.7 trillion. On average, each graduating senior this year is beginning their life around $37,000 in the hole. That looks...
America Needs Service Workers — And They Need Health Care
Our country is founded on a myth that anyone can succeed so long as they work hard. That's the story of Alexander Hamilton that has swept Broadway: how a "bastard orphan" can become "a hero and a scholar." According to the lyrics he did it by working harder, being...
No Wonder Trump’s Approval Rating Is Plummeting
Apparently President Trump wonders why he's getting the lowest job-approval ratings from the public in modern presidential history. Maybe he should actually look at the policies he's pushing. For example, the GOP's draconian health care scheme is so ugly that only 17...
Repeal and Destroy
In OtherWords: June 21, 2017
This week in OtherWords, we take a closer look at foreign policy. Olivia Alperstein observes that the president seems almost over-eager to pick fights with allies and other countries, like Iran, that the U.S. has forged hard-won diplomatic agreements. But he seems to...
Companies Can Either Make Things or Make CEOs Rich
Jeff Immelt, the CEO of General Electric since 2001, is retiring. The 61-year-old will be making a well-compensated exit. Fortune magazine estimates that Immelt will walk off with nearly $211 million, on top of his regular annual pay. Immelt’s annual pay hasn’t been...
The Tax Plan Moms Need
During his speech announcing that the U.S. is ditching the Paris climate accords, President Trump took a strange detour to declare "our tax bill is moving along in Congress, and I believe it's doing very well. I think a lot of people will be very pleasantly...
