 Buck Naked Politics
 Happy 4th: Floridians, Please Support the Fair Redistricting State Constitutional Amendment
Posted: July 04, 2009
by Deb Cupples | Happy Fourth of July. On this day, I cannot help but think about patriotic duties: one of which is preserving our nation's bedrock principle of one person one vote. If you're a Floridian, you may have noticed that our congressional and legislative districts were badly gerrymandered. One result: for the past 10 years, our politician...
Health Care Reform not as Costly as Previously Thought; Dodd Explains Public Insurance Option
Posted: July 03, 2009
by Deb Cupples | Say what you will about Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn) and his questionable ties to the financial industry. At this point, Sen. Dodd seems to be on the right side of the health care reform issue -- as he was on the Telecom Amnesty issue. Two days ago, Sen. Dodd and Sen. Ted Kennedy sent a letter......
Krugman Comments on the Nearly Half-Million Jobs lost in June
Posted: July 03, 2009
by Deb Cupples | The Bureau of Labor Statistics tells us that our nation lost 467,000 jobs last month -- the unemployment rate is at 9.5%. The number of unemployed persons has increased by 7.2 million since our recession started in December 2007. In a piece entitled "That 30s Show," Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman expresses (understandab...
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