Mike's Blog Round Up
May 15, 2020

Lawyers, Guns & Money: Trump insists “testing is overrated” because “If we didn't do any testing we would have very few cases.”

Blue Heron Blast: You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to understand the damage being done by Trump’s gutting of environmental regulations.

Off the Charts: Congress shouldn’t let COVID-19 kill Medicaid eligibility, too.

Eschaton: Republicans will never stop trying to crack open the Social Security “lock box.”

Speaking of which, your quote of the day:
"[The plan] offers the option of investing over one-third of their current Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts." (Paul Ryan, on his “Road Map for America’s Future,” February 2010.)

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