Nurses seek financial transaction tax

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By: Deborah Burger | Is tone deaf the new norm in Washington? Republicans insist on cuts to the bone in basic services while rejecting even modest revenue increases. The president floats proposals to increase the eligibility age for Medicare 65 to 67 along with reductions in Social Security.
San Francisco Chronicle OpEd

The Corporate Supreme Court

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Five Supreme Court Justices--Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, Alito and Kennedy are entrenching, in a whirlwind of judicial dictates, judicial legislating and sheer ideological judgments, a mega-corporate supremacy over the rights and remedies of individuals.
In The Public Interest

‘Let ‘Em Eat Peas’ Can Be the Modern Age Elitist Mantra

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It has been a challenging week for many people. While our elected officials have been broadly reported to be at odds about exactly how to raise the debt ceiling or not, millions of Americans have no work, are running out of ways to keep their homes – rented or owned, and struggle even to keep the basic necessities for themselves and their families.
Blog

Soup kitchen' makes a statement to Gov. Snyder

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George Gray sells his blood every week so he can afford a bus pass or buy shaving cream. Unemployed and homeless for two years, the 57-year-old also is no stranger to soup kitchens.
Lansing State Journal

Who's Your Doctor's Daddy?

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...when a recent report came out about insurance companies buying up physician groups and providers in increasing numbers, I wasn’t very surprised.
Blog

Nurses Urge Congress to Stop Cuts in Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid

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Nurses across the U.S. plan to flood members of the Senate Thursday and Friday with calls demanding they hold the line and oppose cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid that have been proposed during the current negotiations over the debt ceiling debate.
Press Release
Jul 12, 2011