Metro Atlanta’s own Tom Price, the surgeon-turned-congressman-turned-U.S. Health Secretary, is now getting pummeled for flying around in private jets. Last week, the news site Politico detailed a three-day sprint for which Price spent more than $60,000 on such...
Karen Handel’s “I Am Not a Crook Moment”: “I Do Not Support a Livable Wage!”
Karen Handel's comment that she does not support a "Livable Wage" supports the narrative that Conservatives in general do not support the idea that poor people deserve any respect or consideration. This post from George Lakoff articulates the notion that how we view...
To Improve Health Care We need to Change the Incentive From Making Money off of Sick People to Improving the Health of the Patient
To Improve health care and reduce costs we need to change the incentive from making money off of sick people to improving the health of the patient. Tom Price has a plan for Health Care. His plan is to reduce transparency, reduce standards, and increase freedom to...
What is Wrong with the GOP “Pro-Growth Agenda.”
On February 4, 2016 House Republican leaders announced the formation of six committee-led task forces charged with developing a bold, pro-growth agenda. (For updates, visit speaker.gov/confidentamerica.) In and of itself, putting forth a pro-growth agenda is a great...
Ted Cruz’s 3 Prong Plan To Replace Obamacare Will Hurt Our Community
In the latest GOP Debate Ted Cruz was asked a great question about Healthcare and Obamacare. “Today there are millions of people who gained health insurance from Obamacare and they now rely on it. So the question, Sen. Cruz, if you repeal Obamacare, as you say you...
Tom Price Offers Health Care Challenge! I Accept
In a recent Opinion piece in IJReveiew, our Congressman Tom Price, offered yet another vague response to one of most important social issues of our day; how do we achieve a healthy community? He clearly offers no solutions to achieving a healthy community. As is...
How Corporate America Invented Christian America
Inside one reverend’s big business-backed 1940s crusade to make the country conservative again. Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/corporate-america-invented-religious-right-conservative-roosevelt-princeton-117030.html#ixzz3edY5vBz6In...
Basic Education Should be Free!
And the Community should be more than happy to pay for it!