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All Trump, All the Time: Should We REALLY Be Watching the President Fiddle While the Country Burns — Podcast June 19, 2017
Never Mind the Tweets, Never Mind the Russian Connection: While Presidential Twitter Tantrums, Ill-Considered Executive Orders, and Russian influence Peddling Dominate the Daily News Cycle, Republican Wrecking Crews Are Quietly Dismantling What Little Remains of Effective National Government. Democratic Perspective’s co-hosts … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Federalism, Banking And Finance, Budget Negotiations, Democratic Governance, Department of the Interior, Domestic Policy, Economic Policy, Education, Education Policy, Energy Policy, Entitlements, Environmental Issues, Environmentalism, Financial Sector, Food Insecurity, Foreclosures, Global Warming, Health Care, Health Care Policy, Hunger, Income Inequality, National Politics, Podcasts, Public Education, Public Health Policy, Welfare
Tagged Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, Credit Default Swaps, Dodd Frank, Donor's Trust, Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, Glass Steagel, Lehman Brothers, Meals on Wheels, Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget, OMB, Prometheus Foundation, Rosemary and Jack Anderson Foundation, SNAP, Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, Too Big To Fail, Vampire Politics, Wallet Hub
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Put Simply, the American Health Care Act Is a Disaster — Podcast May 8, 2017
The AHCA Has Passed the House: The Light At the End Of the Republican Health Care Tunnel Is an Oncoming Train. Democratic Perspective’s Mike Cosentino and Steve Williamson are joined via the magic of telephony by Silent Gary LaMaster for a discussion of … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Class Conflict, Corruption, Democratic Governance, Department of Veterans Affairs, Domestic Policy, Entitlements, Health Care, Health Care Delivery, Health Care Policy, Health Insurance, Human Rights, Medicaid, Medicare, Paul Gosar, Podcasts, Political Lies, Taxation, Veterans' Issues, Women's Issues
Tagged AHCA, American Health Care Act, Congressional Budget Office, Freedom Caucus, Health Care Block Grants, Paul Ryan, Pre-existing Conditions, Trumpcare, VA
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President Obama’s Legacy — Podcast January 16, 2017
It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times: Democratic Perspective Looks Back At the Obama Years. On the eve of President-Elect Trump’s inauguration, Mike Cosentino, Gary LaMaster, Klaus von Stutterheim, and Steve Williamson evaluate the successes and failures of President … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Bigotry, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Climate Change, Conservatives and Reactionaries, Cultural Diversity, Democratic Governance, Disinformation, Domestic Policy, Economic Policy, Economic Stimulus, Education Policy, Elections, Entitlements, Environmental Issues, Ethics, Financial Crisis, Financial Sector, Firearms Legislation, Fiscal Policy, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Government, Gun Control, Health Insurance, Intelligence Agencies, International Relations, International Terrorism, LIberals and Conservatives, Marriage Equality, Mass Media, Mass Shootings, Medicaid, National Politics, Podcasts, Political Lies, Political Parties, Political Polarization, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Public Policy, Racism, Scandal Mongering
Tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, Ben Bernanke, Benghazi, Donald Trump, Michelle Obama, Obama Administration, Obamacare, President Obama, Sandy Hook School Shooting
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Indivisible: Tactics for the Anti-Trump Resistance — Podcast January 9, 2017
Don’t Mourn, Organize: Answers For Those Who Want To Know What We’re Supposed To Do Now. Mike Cosentino, Gary LaMaster, and Steve Williamson discuss Indivisible: a Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda, a 26 page document by former Congressional staffers which provides … Continue reading
Posted in Community Activism, Corruption, Cultural Change, Democratic Governance, Domestic Policy, Economic Policy, Education Policy, Elections, Energy Policy, Entitlements, Ethics, Fiscal Policy, Foreign Policy, Government, Immigration, Income Inequality, Industrial Policy, Infrastructure Investment, Intelligence Agencies, International Relations, Local Politics, Medicaid, Medicare, Military Policy, Monetary Policy, National Politics, National Security, Podcasts, Political Polarization, Public Policy, Regulatory Agencies, Social Security, U.S. Court System, Veterans' Issues
Tagged Indivisible, Political Tactics and Strategy, Trump Resistance
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The New Gilded Age: History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, But It Does Rhyme — Podcast August 17, 2015
Oligarchs Then and Now: Democracy and the Distribution of Wealth. Democratic Perspective goes another round with the oligarchs. Mike Cosentino, Gary LaMaster, and Steve Williamson discuss what’s driving the increased concentration of wealth in the United States today, and why it poses … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaign Finance, Capital Accumulation, Capitalism, Citizens United, Class Conflict, Corruption, Dark Money, De-regulation, Democratic Governance, Economic Policy, Entitlements, Government, Income Inequality, Journalism, Mass Media, Minimum Wage, National Politics, Podcasts, Propaganda, Regulatory Agencies, Social Contract, Social Security, Taxation, Unemployment
Tagged Death Tax, Donald Trump, Estate Tax, Foreign News Bureaus, Fox News, Grover Norquist, Newt Gingrich, Ralph Reed, Richard Nixon, Roger Ailes, Ronald Reagan, Rupert Murdoch
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This Explains Everything.
Ever wonder why conservatives often seem to vote against their self-interest? Why people who are struggling financially vote to protect the wealthy? Why conservatives dislike government programs even though they benefit from them? Why the wealthy and the powerful believe … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Class Conflict, Conservative Paranoia, Democratic Governance, Economic Theory, Entitlements, Government, Interviews, National Politics
Tagged Conservatism, Edmund Burke, Freedom, Populism, Professor Corey Rubin, Sarah Palin, The Reactionary Mind
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Plain Talk about Taxes — Podcast May 13, 2013
Taxes: The Price We Pay for a Civilized Society. Democratic Perspective’s Mike Cosentino, Steve Williamson, and Bill Timberman discuss the Right’s vilification of government and the taxes which support it. Who benefits — and who suffers — when government is deprived … Continue reading
Posted in Democratic Governance, Entitlements, Government, Health Care, Income Inequality, Medicare, Military, National Politics, Podcasts, Privatization, Regulatory Agencies, Special Interest Legislation, Tax and Investment Policy, U.S. Budget
Tagged Bush Tax Cuts, De-regulation, Grover Norquist, Interstate Highway System, Marginal Tax Rates, Tax Revenues, Taxpayer Revolt
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Sequestration Explained.
March 4, 2013, Democratic Perspective tried to cut through all the hyperbole, misinformation and lies about sequestration. Sequestration represents mandatory spending cuts which were agreed to by Congress and President Obama ass the result of the debt ceiling debate in … Continue reading
Posted in Deficit Reduction, Economic Policy, Entitlements, Government, Jobs and Employment, Medicaid, Medicare, National Debt Ceiling, National Politics, Social Security, Taxes and the Deficit, U.S. Budget
Tagged Budget Cuts, Deficit Reduction, Sequestration
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Budget Sequestration and Our Dysfunctional Congress — Podcast March 4, 2013
How Dumb Can Congress Get? The Dismal Facts About Budget Sequestration: Gary LaMaster joins Democratic Perspective co-hosts Mike Cosentino and Steve Williamson to discuss the current federal budget sequester. What it is, why and how it happened, and its effects, none of them … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona Budget, Budget Negotiations, Deficit Reduction, Economic Policy, Entitlements, Fiscal Policy, Government, Health Care, Jobs and Employment, Medicaid, Medicare, National Debt Ceiling, National Politics, Podcasts, Tax and Investment Policy, Taxes and the Deficit, U.S. Budget
Tagged Budget Sequestration, Sequester
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