Higher salaries, but not just for minimum wage workers Higher spending for Medicaid, Medicare and ACA subsidies Higher prices for goods and services, especially health
Tag: economy
A covert way to get what you want? Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
It’s a bit strange for a person who took ECON 101 forty-five years ago to be writing about modern monetary theory, but I thought that
Don’t Call Me That – HumbleDollar
Is it bad to be “wealthy?” Is it the most important thing? Take a look at this article I wrote for HumbleDollar YOU KNOW HOW
$15.00 an hour minimum wage
$7.25 an hour is low and should be raised, to what and how is the question. The political discourse says go to $15.00 and soon,
These 4 charts might change what you think you know about the American economy
It’s not just what you earn that matters, it’s what you get to keep. The Congressional Budget Office has just released some great charts on
Opinion | What the Working Class Is Still Trying to Tell Us – David Brooks, The New York Times 9-9-18
This is an article well worth reading in total. I think it makes some excellent points. While our policy makers focus on more subsidies for
