Senior Citizen Politics Obama White House Posts Agenda for Senior Citizen Programs; Strongly opposed to privatizing Social Security, will ask those making over $250,000 to contribute a bit more to Social Security to keep it sound Feb. 16, 2009 – The White House has posted an “Agenda” on WhiteHouse.gov that includes a heading for “Seniors [...]
Archive for February 20th, 2009
20 Feb
AFGHANISTAN
thinkprogress.org No Longer A Forgotten War For far too long, the war in Afghanistan has been dubbed “the forgotten war.” After U.S. forces ousted the Taliban in 2001, the Bush administration quickly shifted critical resources to the less critical war in Iraq. The Pentagon repeatedly begged President Bush for additional troops for Afghanistan, which never [...]
20 Feb
There’s No Easy Medicare-Only Fix for Health Costs
Medicare Matters SOURCE: AP/Seth Perlman Medicare recipient JoAnn Coffman shops for vitamins at her local drug store. By Judy Feder, Marilyn Moon | February 19, 2009 Health issue brief: Entitlement Reform Means Fixing the Broader Health System Health care is staying front and center even as the Obama administration and Congress turn their attention from [...]
20 Feb
Broad Brush Issues
Campaign for America By Bill Scher February 20th, 2009 Fiscal Responsibility, Redefined Campaign for America’s Future hosts media conference with Dean Baker, James Galbraith, Nancy Altman and Roger Hickey, attacking Pete Peterson’s defamation of Social Security and Medicare in advance of WH “Fiscal Responsibility Summit.” Full audio here. Key quote from Dean Baker: “we [...]
20 Feb
5 Great Progressive Moves by Obama That You Might Have Missed
By Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. Posted February 20, 2009. Here are five significant under-the-radar things to be grateful for in the post-Bush era. It’s been a full month since the inauguration of Barack Obama. With debates raging over the financial system and the larger economic crisis, Obama has quietly succeeded in pushing through some great progressive [...]
20 Feb
Turning The Tide
thinkprogress.org ECONOMY Turning The Tide: Speaking Wednesday in Mesa, AZ — a giant Phoenix suburb that is a “poster child for foreclosure” — President Obama announced a plan to “help as many as nine million American homeowners refinance their mortgages or avert foreclosure. He asserted his plan would shore up housing prices, stabilize neighborhoods and slow [...]
20 Feb
Broad Brush Issues
By Bill Scher February 19th, 2009 – 6:41am ET Wide-Ranging Reaction to Obama Housing Plan Consumer Federation of America praises: ” a coordinated set of initiatives that, taken together, mark a fresh and welcome new chapter in the government’s response to this ongoing crisis … These changes to the bankruptcy law will help consumers [...]
