Over half of Americans (54%) say that the government should provide a national health insurance program for all, even if it would mean higher taxes, but only one-in-five say it should completely replace private health insurance, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. … Almost nine-in-ten Democrats support […] Read more »
Howard Schultz’s Venti-Size Disaster
What, exactly, explains why a billionaire former CEO of a coffee chain thinks he can launch an independent run for president in 2020? … Schultz does not need to be nearly as popular as Perot to prove a disaster for Democrats. Even with a tiny share of a state’s vote, […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters favor taxing the wealthy, increasing domestic spending
Voters prefer increasing spending on domestic programs over cutting taxes and reducing spending, and their preferred way to finance that spending — is tax the wealthy. That’s according to a Fox News Poll released Thursday. Fifty-one percent of voters want to spend more on programs such as infrastructure, national defense, […] Read more »
Wealthy Republicans lose faith in Trump
The 2020 race for the White House is just barely under way, but the latest CNBC Millionaire Survey shows some troubling signs for the incumbent President Donald Trump, including an energized base of wealthy Democrats and unsteady support from wealthy Republicans. Just 34 percent of America’s millionaires say they would […] Read more »
After Citizens United, a Vicious Cycle of Corruption
In the eight years since it was decided, Citizens United has unleashed a wave of campaign spending that by any reasonable standard is extraordinarily corrupt. … Since 2010, when the case was decided, independent expenditures and other forms of outside spending have grown exponentially, according to OpenSecrets. In 2010, independent […] Read more »
Failing GOP tax scam big opportunity to close with out-of-touch attack
The new tax cut law – the Republicans’ signature legislative accomplishment – is unpopular, and increasingly so, as a majority have not seen any personal benefit and believe the tax cut primarily benefits corporations and the wealthy at their expense. Critically, contrary to the Trump-GOP narrative about the booming economy, […] Read more »