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The Biden-Sanders Debate
Alan Zendell, March 11, 2020 If you believe in things like trends and momentum, it’s easy to conclude that Joe Biden’s campaign is on an unstoppable run, similar the wholly illogical, self-sustaining tsunamis of mass sentiment that cause bull markets … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 election, COVID-19 virus, DNC, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Medicare For All, Mitch McConnell, momentum, Obamacare, odds, progressives, Public Option, sinning streaks, Tom Perez, trends
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Obamacare Coup
Alan Zendell, December 15, 2018 The people have consistently made their opinion clear in poll after poll. A Kaiser Health Tracking Poll published at the end of November showed the largest gap ever between people who view the Affordable Care … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 tax cuts, ACA, entitlements, Fifth Circuit, health care, health insurance, individual mandate, Justice Roberts, midterm election, Obamacare, polls, supreme court, taxes
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The Failure of Graham-Cassidy – RIP
Alan Zendell, September 23, 2017 Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said a couple of days ago that he could give us ten good reasons to vote against this bill. Coming from Grassley that’s significant, because he has been a consistently conservative … Continue reading
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Tagged ACA, graham-cassidy, health care, John McCain, lisa murkowski, Mitch McConnell, Obamacare, partisanship, Rand Paul, Senate, susan collins
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Americans are Celebrating Today
Alan Zendell, July 19, 2017 This morning, Mitch McConnell said he imagined Democrats were celebrating today, but they ought to be clear why. That statement is another lesson in learning to translate political gibberish into English. First, it’s not just … Continue reading
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Tagged AHCA, Charles Schumer, conservative agenda, Democrats, gerrymandering, health care, medicaid, Mitch McConnell, Obamacare, paritsanship, Republicans, Senate, tax cuts
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The AHCA Ball is in McConnell’s Court
Alan Zendell, July 11, 2017 If it wasn’t certain before, today’s revelations about Donald Trump Jr sealed the deal for the President’s leverage with Congress. The cloud of uncertainty hanging over the administration’s role in Russian meddling with our election … Continue reading
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Tagged AHCA, bipartisan, conservative review, Democrats, health care, Koch Brothers, liberty scoreboard, Mitch McConnel, Obamacare, repeal, Republicans, social security, Trump
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The Demise of the AHCA
Alan Zendell, March 25, 2017 I never say, “I told you so”, and I won’t now, but as my posts have been saying for the last couple of weeks, no other outcome was possible. There was no way Trump could … Continue reading
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Tagged AHCA, betrayal, blame, blue collar workers, compassion, congress, failure, health care, legislation, Obamacare, Paul Ryan, Trump, truth
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Zero Sum Games
Alan Zendell, March 16, 2017 Game theory defines a zero-sum game as any situation in which all gains and losses must balance each other exactly. When all the inputs and outflows are added up there can be no net gain … Continue reading
Seventh Grade Civics
Alan Zendell, March 14, 2017 I am frequently amazed at how little the average American understands about the way our government works. Admittedly, thirty-seven years as a federal employee gave me a leg up, but what was everyone else doing … Continue reading
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Tagged affordable insurance, AHCA, budgets, CBO, costs, federal budget, health care, Judiciary, Obamacare, promises, reducing costs, Tom Price, Trump
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