On Social Security, the Middle Class and Real Retirement

An email has been circulating lately that starts off “Social Security becomes a Federal Benefit Check.” This email suggests that Social Security is a...

Say “No” to Tax Cuts for the Rich

by Joseph O'Shughnessy Call your Senator as soon as you have finished reading this, or before, if possible, and urge him or her...under pain of...

Donald Trump Is No Populist.

by Joseph D. O'Shaughnessy I normally don't sign what we all call posts. I don't even refer to them as "posts." Rather, I call them...

Inequality and Poverty

Government is failing Americans. A nation accustomed to creating new industries, technologies and good jobs within those industries can no longer expect vision from...

The High Cost of Neo-Fascism

At the very outset, let’s restate our definition of Neo-Fascism. Even if you do not agree with our definition of the current Republican Party...

Carolina on My Mind

In 2010, over 60 seats changed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The South didn’t change that much because the South was already pretty...

Republicans Oppose Obamacare…and the Middle Class

For years, even decades, the health insurance industry has run medicine in this country. Health insurance is basically when a corporation gets between...

Paul Ryan and a Republican Non-budget

We must address a current issue on today's Neo-Conservative agenda...the Paul Ryan Republican Budget. Paul Ryan announced a Republican Budget on March 12, 2013 and...

Newt Gingrich’s Laughable Run for President

Newt Gingrich is actually a pretty smart guy. He has a little bit of Reagan in him. He likes to entrance you with a...

The Trump Hits Keep Coming.

President-Elect Trump, who apparently thinks that he has already taken office, despite challenges in several very close, very suspicious states, continues to pick a...

Get Ready: They Are Coming for Social Security and Medicare.

Whom do you believe? Do you still believe Donald Trump? He wanted to take away Obamacare and not replace it. What do you think...

A Nightmare in November

Here is the real danger for 2016. We are at a tipping point. It is very likely that few Americans understand the calamitous potential...

The Koch Brothers, Fascism and the 2014 Elections – Part II

So, here we have two brothers, raised in privilege by Frederick Koch, Sr., a man who was at first accepted, then apparently shunned by...

Unions and the Middle Class

It’s time we began to look for ways to organize large numbers of people against the now dominant power of the Plutocracy. Unions are...

Trump Cuts Medicare and Social Security in 2020 Budget.

If re-elected, President Donald Trump has budgeted to cut Medicare by $848 billion. He will cut Medicaid by $1.5 Trillion and cut $25 billion...