Say “No” to Tax Cuts for the Rich

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

A Republican Defends the Counterfeit Trump Tax Plan

by Joseph O'ShaughnessyPeter Roskam, House of Representatives member from the 6th District of Illinois, was interviewed recently on public television about the new...

Republican Tax Plan: Huge Tax Gains for the Rich. Huge loss...

by Joseph O'ShaughnessyIf you live in a middle western state, like Illinois, you will hear self-serving radio commercials praising Republican House members for the...presumed...tax  plan...

Politics for Dummies: Populist versus Fascist

by Joseph O’ShaughnessyWe spend a lot of time in this country identifying people and things, like fads and trends. It is not difficult to...

Trump Tax Cuts Versus Your Social Security and Medicare

Perhaps it is time for the big battle. Perhaps it is time to have an all-out war against the Titans.Trump and McConnell, the would...

Income Inequality and Taxation

What is income inequality and what does it mean to the average person? Does it matter to you or me if someone makes 20...

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...

“Tax Cut Fever” Is as Nutty as Trump. Who’s Behind It?

Even the Liberal Media, in the form of the PBS Newshour has touted the success of the economy. Lowest unemployment in decades. Highest stock...

Don’t play the Trump Distraction Game. Focus on Congress.

We're fighting the wrong wars with Donald Trump in particular and with Republicans in general.It's not about refugees coming to America. Banning immigrants without...

Billionaires, Taxes and Inequality

by Joseph O'ShaughnessyF. Scott Fitzgerald supposedly said to Hemingway: "The Rich are very different from you and me." And Hemingway is said to have...

Health Care Disaster Is Just the End of a Long, Long...

The Republican Senate, House, President Trump (sounds so ridiculous!) and the Billionaires have written you out of health care. And they will do more...cut...

Trump’s Lies About Climate Change

by Joseph O'ShaughnessyThe President announced yesterday that he would disengage the United States from the world effort to keep climate change from completely submerging...

The Trump Republican Tax Cut for the Super-Rich

by Joseph O'ShaughnessyLet’s establish one thing right away. The new tax bill proposed by President Trump and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is a tax cut...

Warning: Health Care Disaster Looming

Here's the problem and I'm going right at it because we don't have much time.Congress is about to change the rules on health care....

Donald Trump Is No Populist.

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