Posted on 08 August 2008. Tags: Democrats, Health Care, Platform, Single Payer
Though I mentioned this yesterday in the posting of the newest, latest version of the Democratic Party platform, this bears repeating: you can’t have the private insurance industry mucking around with health care. It is really painful to watch a kind of cognitive dissonance playing out here. Watch this, on page 22, in the […]
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Posted on 08 August 2008. Tags: Democratic Party, EFCA, Health Care, Platform
Here, for your reading pleasure, is the draft, as of today, of the entire Democratic Party’s Platform. Besides the trade language, here are my initial thoughts about some of the other economic-related language. The good: There is very strong language about the right to organize and other similar worker protection issues. […]
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Posted on 08 August 2008. Tags: Democratic Party, Platform, Trade
I keep my promises. I’ve just been given the language on trade that will likely be in the Democratic Party’s platform. Here it is, followed by some commentary (the numbers to the left of the language are from the draft pages…too lazy to take them out): Smart, Strong, and Fair Trade Policies 20 […]
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