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U.S.
In Dropping Health Vote, Trump Swallowed Need for a Showdown
The demise of the bill played out in a tense 24 hours that White House and congressional officials said proved a political education for President Trump and his top advisers.Trump continues in denial.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/opinion/06krugman.html
"Mr.
Ryan has become the Republican Party’s poster child for new ideas
thanks to his “Roadmap for America’s Future,” a plan for a major
overhaul of federal spending and taxes. News media coverage has been
overwhelmingly favorable; on Monday, The Washington Post put a glowing
profile of Mr. Ryan on its front page, portraying him as the G.O.P.’s
fiscal conscience. He’s often described with phrases like
“intellectually audacious.”
But
it’s the audacity of dopes. Mr. Ryan isn’t offering fresh food for
thought; he’s serving up leftovers from the 1990s, drenched in flimflam
sauce.
Mr.
Ryan’s plan calls for steep cuts in both spending and taxes. He’d have
you believe that the combined effect would be much lower budget
deficits, and, according to that Washington Post report, he speaks about
deficits “in apocalyptic terms.” And The Post also tells us that his
plan would, indeed, sharply reduce the flow of red ink: “The
Congressional Budget Office has estimated that Rep. Paul Ryan’s plan
would cut the budget deficit in half by 2020.”
But
the budget office has done no such thing. At Mr. Ryan’s request, it
produced an estimate of the budget effects of his proposed spending cuts
— period. It didn’t address the revenue losses from his tax cuts."
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U.S.
Lacking Evidence of Voter Fraud, Legislatures Target Its Specter
Fictions do not hold opinions.
The voting rights act should bear on the problem.
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Magazine
How to Lower Your Heart Rate
Start exercising regularly for a long period of time. Don’t overdo it.OK
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U.S.
Fact Check: Trump’s Misleading Claims on the Health Bill Failure
The president exaggerated the issues facing the existing health law, blaming Democrats for impeding its repeal and playing down his commitment."Republicans needed 215 votes in the House to pass the bill. They have 237 out of the 435 seats, meaning they could afford only 22 party defections. Before the bill was pulled, 33 Republicans were opposed."
"Premium increases affect just 3 percent of all Americans."
Trump is an habitual liar.
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U.S.
Congress Seeks to Pivot After Health Care Debacle
President Trump and House Republicans are looking to move ahead with tax reform and infrastructure plans after spending lots of political capital on a health care bill that went nowhere.This congress cannot do tax reform.
The balanced budget gang is in power.
Trickle down does not work.
Capital must be invested in production rather than in getting rent
Further tax cuts must be paid for.
There is nothing left to cut on the spending side.
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Opinion
Conservatives Who Care
A reader praises J.D. Vance’s decision to move back to his home state, Ohio, to give back to his community.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/opinion/why-im-moving-home.html
Intellectual dissonance indicates stupidity.
Conservatism as presently conceived is solipsism.
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U.S.
Right and Left: Partisan Writing You Shouldn’t Miss
Read about how the other side thinks. We have collected political writing from around the web and across ideologies.Pointless.
There are only degrees of the right represented.
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U.S.
Police Posted Missing Teenagers’ Data on Social Media. A City Took Note.
When Washington, D.C., tried to draw attention to reports of missing teenagers, activists thought the campaign was because of a spike in abductions.The news escaped.
There are more than one problem to be corrected.
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N.Y. / Region
Another Murderer Crazed by Color, This Time Met by Silence
The usual suspects on matters of terrorism have not been rushing to condemn James Harris Jackson, who came to New York with the single intention of killing black men.Noted.
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Opinion
Health Care’s Big Day
House Republicans are planning to bring up their health care bill for a vote, and it’s not clear whether the bill will pass.The bill was withdrawn.
It will not be resubmitted in any form.
Trump has learned little beyond people need health care.
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