We are in the middle of one of the biggest redistributions of wealth ever seen in this country, thanks to George W. Bush and the Republicans. Now their chickens are coming home to roost, and it’s a disgrace. This is not the country I have lived in all my life. I certainly never imagined I [...]
Health insurers are running their opposition to health care reform just like the tobacco lobby did 15 years ago. Working with established right-wing think tanks with varying interests, they are trying to mobilize businesses, religious leaders, tax reformers, and the media to carry their message that health care reform is bad for our country. Here’s how it was done, then and now. Only now, we can tell them “Not this time.”
Dear David Sirota, The heady rush of your own celebrity, combined with a clear agenda to sell more books appears to have distorted your reaction to a fairly ordinary, commonplace question posed by me on Friday directly to you. You wrote this post, entitled UnitedHealth Lobbyist Announces Pelosi Fundraiser As She Begins Backing Off Pub [...]