If there is one thing that Tea Party members hate, it's government health care. I guess that's why so many of them want the government to keep away from their Medicare. (You may have seen ad after ad last month blasting Democrats because Obamacare "cut Medicare." See some of the ads below.) more »
Yesterday, the White House issued one of those -- eek! -- regulations. As part of implementing the health reform law, our federal government established a new rule to stop profiteering by private health insurance companies. more »
Nearly 2 million U.S. workers are facing premature elimination of federally-funded unemployment benefits if Congress doesn't act by November 30. Yet the talk dominating Washington, D.C. these days is about extending George Bush's tax giveaway to the rich. Really?
People are angry not at what the Democrats did after 2008, but what they didn't do. They didn't "buy" what the GOP was selling. Like a shopper who ordered one thing and got another, American voters ordered transformative change in 2008 but got the same old transactional politics instead. The midterms of 2010 is their letter or complaint.
Despite Kathleen Parker's smarmy post-election advice to Democrats that "You can't sell people what they don't want," people actually don't want what the GOP is selling. And they didn't punish Democrats for not selling it to them. They want what they were sold, and what they enthusiastically voted for in 2008. They punished the Democrats for falling short on delivery, not by voting for Republicans, but by staying home and not voting at all.
Still looking for a reason to vote? Here's a three word answer: health care reform. The legislation passed by Democrats in Congress, and signed by President Obama, is a big step towards "change we can believe in." That's why the GOP is promising to do all it can to repeal health care reform, take away the benefits Americans already enjoy, and block future benefits. That's also why health care reform has to be defended. It represents not only change we can believe in, but change we still believe in.
Editor's Note: We're publishing a series of "Making Sense" fact sheets on key economic issues to help you win the debate on the core issues facing middle-class families. Each fact sheet contains information, talking points and resources you can use to make the case for progressive policies. more »
Discrediting corporate-funded right-wing smears remains the greatest challenge to advancing progressive change. Health Care For America Now's new campaign Stop Spewman starring Jack Black is off to a fantastic start. more »
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