When large corporations (such as Walmart or MacDonalds) pay employees less than a living wage, those employees are compelled to rely on government safety programs- SNAP, Medicaid, Earned Income Credit, for instance- to subsist. In effect, the taxpaye… more »

  The Obama Administration has certainly mangled the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act. Healthcare.gov  is more clunky than an old pickup truck. The President has had to deal with the discomfort of his past promises meeting present reality (“If you l… more »

Vote- it will make you feel good about yourself. You know, all that good karma from taking part in civil society and so on. There is the added benefit that if we the public vote in large enough numbers, we will perhaps cause an improvement in our… more »