Progressives should be willing to talk about ways to ensure the long-term viability of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, but those conversations should not be part of a plan to avert the fiscal cliff.
Across the VA's system in our state, the wait times are entirely too long on average.
My wish is to bring the troops home as quickly as possible.
I have always been critical and skeptical of fast-tracking. It is a take-it-or-leave-it approach to trade agreements which really deals members of Congress and their concerns out of the picture.
Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own deficits. This will create greater pressure for higher state and local taxes.
The notion that a company would give up on this nation to get a tax break isn't going to sit well with the American people.
