Tag Archives: Affordable Care Act

I wish John McCain had stuck around long enough to see Donald Trump brought to justice

By Mark | August 27, 2018

One hopes that, when @SenJohnMcCain passed, some of his courage migrated to other members of the @GOP. #TheForce #OldBenKenobi #Resist pic.twitter.com/oWFmnD43uU — Mark Maynard (@MarkAMaynard) August 26, 2018 Every living American president, with the exception of Donald Trump, has issued a formal statement on the passing of Senator John McCain. According to reporting out of […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2008, Barack Obama, Courage, Donald Trump, hero, Jeff Flake, John McCain, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Corallo, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Oleg Morozov, petty behavior, prisoner of war, Qanon, Rand Paul, Russia, Russiagate, Sarah Palin, Susan Collins, tea party, the force | 30 Comments

Apparently people really like it when you go on Twitter and smack down anti-Trump Republicans offering unsolicited advice to Democrats about how they need to be more moderate

By Mark | August 9, 2018

Remember how, a few weeks ago, former FBI Director James Comey offered Democrats a bit of unsolicited advice in a tweet, telling us that we should eschew the “socialist left,” as “America’s great middle wants sensible, balanced, ethical leadership”? Well, this morning another high-profile former Republican, Weekly Standard founder Bill Kristol, stepped up to tell […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged ACA, Benghazi, Bill Kristol, birther, Donald Trump, FOX News, Frankenstein's monster, gerrymandering, James Comey, middle class, monster, Nancy Pelosi, public education, Republicans for the Rule of Law, Robert Mueller, special counsel, threats to the middle class, Twitter, universal health care, unsolicited advice, voter suppression | 16 Comments

Gary Peters on health care: “I put it all an the line to make (the ACA) happen, so don’t question my motivations here.”

By Mark | June 16, 2018

Michigan Senator Gary Peters held a town hall meeting today at Eastern Michigan University. As it was just announced yesterday evening, attendance was relatively sparse. I’d say there were maybe about 125 people in the audience, most of whom, judging by how people introduced themselves when posing questions to the Senator, were from Ann Arbor. […]

Posted in Health, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 55, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, authoritarianism, Chuck Schumer, corporatism, Donald Trump, DREAM Act, Elizabeth Warren, fired up and ready to go, Gary Peters, gun control, gun violence, health care reform, health insurance, immigration, Jeff Merkley, marijuana, Medicare, Medicare for all, nationalism, Obamacare, opiod, populism, preexisting conditions, recreational marijuana, single-payer system, the future of the Democratic Party, universal background checks | 82 Comments

In a last ditch effort to satisfy their donors, Republicans attempt to kill the ACA and transfer billions of dollars to America’s super-rich by calling it a “middle class tax cut”

By Mark | November 14, 2017

Remember how, this past summer, we all came together, fought like hell, and killed the Republican health care plan that would have robbed some 22 million Americans of their coverage? Well, it looks like it’s time for us to get back in fighting shape, as the Republicans seem hellbent on pushing legislation through Congress before […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Health, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alan Greenspan, American aristocracy, asshole CEOs, budget deficit, call to action, campaign finance, campaign finance reform, Chris Collins, corporate takeover of politics, corporate tax breaks, corporate tax cheats, deficit, deficit spending, Donald Trump, estate tax, Gary Cohn, Gene Sperling, health care reform, John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Lisa Murkowski, mandates, middle class tax cuts, Mitch McConnell, National Economic Council, Obamacare, Paul Ryan, student loan debt, student loans, Susan Collins, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, tax policy, tax reform, threats to the middle class, trickle down economics, Trumpcare, wealth inequality | 30 Comments

Obama declares the Senate health care bill, “a massive transfer of wealth from middle-class and poor families to the richest people in America,” and he’s right

By Mark | June 22, 2017

Well, after weeks and weeks of secret discussions, Senate Republicans today shared a draft of their their health care bill, which, if passed, would replace Obamacare. Knowing the bill would be unpopular, the White House barred the news media from airing the press conference live. And, in hopes of diverting attention, Trump, at roughly the […]