Time may not be Trumpcare’s friend. With every passing day, new analyses are released showing the significant financial cost to average Americans of repealing Obamacare. Note: for the related Morning Joe video, click here. Mark Meadows, the head of the Freedom Caucus, said that […]
The much-anticipated Congressional Budget Office “score” of the Republican health care plan has now landed and it is, in large part, the nightmare that the Trump administration and House Speaker Paul Ryan feared. Note: for the related Morning Joe video, please click here. […]
The Affordable Care Act replacement plan – jointly unveiled by the House Republicans and the Trump Administration – would dramatically change the health care system created by Obamacare and potentially cost as many as 10 million Americans their health care coverage. The best news may be that the proposal faces opposition within the Republican party […]
The political world may be in turmoil but the stock market has been hitting records, while small business optimism and even consumer confidence have attained highs not seen in more than a decade. What’s going on? For starters, the stock market is up […]
Judge Gorsuch, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, has just begun to make the initial visits to key Senators that are part of the confirmation process. The Democrats have already signaled that they are prepared for a tough fight but history is on Judge Gorsuch’s side. Note: for the related Morning Joe video, click […]
In the wee hours of Thursday morning, the Senate took the first step toward repealing the Affordable Care Act (a/k/a Obamacare) and later on Thursday, Speaker Paul Ryan vowed that the House would follow suit in short order. But the process of repealing and replacing is likely to quickly get more complicated and more contentious. […]
As President Obama prepares to leave office, it’s quite remarkable to compare his policy successes across a number of measures with the state of the Democratic Party, particularly following the disastrous 2016 election. Note: for the related Morning Joe video, please click here. […]
Budget policy is back in the news. The incoming Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, has been promising that wealthy people won’t get net tax cuts while President-elect Trump has been promising to increase defense spending. Not surprisingly, the numbers don’t add up. Note: for the related Morning Joe clip, click here. With respect to taxes, […]
President-elect Trump will be visiting Indiana today (Thursday) to take a victory lap for the decision by the Carrier Corporation to keep about half of the jobs it was planning to send to Mexico in the state. While Trump will inevitably get at least some praise, it’s important to recognize that this is largely a […]
The stock market was as surprised as the rest of America by Donald Trump’s election and has been reacting in unpredictable ways – including by hitting new records this week. Right up until election night, market experts believed that a Trump win would be […]
