New Orleans The donors and activity of the now named Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation are becoming a front page political issue that increasingly seems like to roil the coming Presidential campaigns. From what we know now, including recent reports from the Wall Street Journal, it seems possible to make an early assessment on …
Category: Citizen Wealth
Understanding Net Energy Pricing as Another Subsidy of the Rich by the Poor
New York City At the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis during the second day of the organizing conference, we witnessed a fascinating argument, disguised as a debate in the question and answer section, between a number of environmental advocates and a hedge fund manager over the competing values of social justice and solar …
Hardball on Disproportionate Share Might Equal State Expanded Medicaid
New Orleans When the archly conservative National Journal asks whether the Obama Administration is preparing to play hardball with Florida over $1 billion in Medicaid funding that is set to expire later this year for “disproportionate share,” the heart quickens as people, meaning most rational and sentient beings, committed to better health care for all, …