The Richest Politicians In The World
Posted on October 3, 2013 in Images
Don’t worry guys, I’m sure they’d look out for us if they could see us.
Why Young Americans Should Emigrate
Posted on October 3, 2013 in Articles
The Article: Get Out While You Can: Why Young Americans Should Emigrate by Thomas McGath in AlterNet.
The Text: The 20-somethings of my generation have been marginalized by the economic situation in America. We’ve had a tricky time finding a place in the economy and many of us have become burdens on our families, through student loans and living costs. Now, how do we fix that?
Emigrate, if you can afford it. Millennials have a ton of education and no use for it. There are many other countries that represent a great opportunity for millennials looking to enter into an increasingly globalized work market. I’m not saying we should try to be members of an elite in other countries — we should reject our shackles and become more worldly.
Part of that is learning a second or third language, something I thought I never would do. This changed after my time abroad in Ireland while studying at University College Dublin. I decided I was going to learn German, even though it was not the most useful of languages. Four years later, after teaching myself German from scratch, I have an operating fluency in German and now live in Berlin, where I will soon start my master’s degree. The tuition costs a fraction of what it would in America. Despite being an foreigner, I have access to public health insurance available for students at only 60 Euros a month.
Bernie Sanders Hits The Nail On The Shutdown’s Head
Posted on October 2, 2013 in Videos
Straight from the socialist firebrand himself: “I’m an advocate of a single-payer national health care system, but it never occurred to me to bring down the United States government and cause pain for millions of workers because I can’t get my way.”
For more Sanders magic, check out our list of his 10 best quotes.
How The Internet Has Responded To The Shutdown
Posted on October 2, 2013 in Images and Political Cartoons
In a move so moronic that it doesn’t even qualify as evil, the current House GOP has finally done it: they’ve “shut down” the federal government. Pay no mind to the fact that the most important aspects of the Affordable Care Act were implemented regardless, or that 800,000 Americans–you know, the blue collar sort about which the GOP claims to care soooo much–don’t know when they’re going to receive their next paycheck. Or that, well, less than 24 hours in, popular favor has already shifted toward Democrats for upcoming 2014 elections and that the ACA website has been swamped with traffic. Pay no mind to any of that. That’s just reality. Anyway, a tiny faction of the Republican Party is that much closer to unleashing their ideological fantasy on the country, and in their eyes–regardless of the consequences–it’s a success. The Internet, however, begs to differ.
GOP Haunted By Its Own Stupidity
Posted on October 2, 2013 in Articles
The Article: GOP’s anti-Obamacare stupidity is about to haunt them by Brian Beutler in Salon.
The Text: All year we’ve watched the running tally of House Republican votes to repeal, defund and dismantle Obamacare climb — 40, 41, 42 — to one and only one effect. Not to actually harm the Affordable Care Act but to exploit and intensify conservative outrage, by misleading GOP base voters about the likelihood and necessity of ending it.
It’s no surprise that those numbers have ticked up more rapidly in the past several weeks. Obamacare’s just days away from opening for business, and once that happens, repealing it or defunding it will entail taking health insurance benefits away from Americans. It becomes a much harder fight.
It’s also why I imagine that quite soon — certainly after the first of the year, when ACA-approved insurance actually kicks in — the GOP will lose its appetite for more and more and more doomed repeal votes.
