Of Course Corporate Contributions are About Buying Access and Influence

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Philanthropy

Memphis   It’s interesting to watch the Washington two-step ignited by Senator Elizabeth Warren’s pushback against outside groups trying to mobilize against her progressive advocacy and the by catch of other fish squirming in her net.   To refresh your memory when the Third Way, a group of more conservative sometime Democrats, pushed against her more populist …

Continue Reading

What Went Wrong with Memphis and the Mid-America Mall Desert?

ACORN Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Ideas and Issues

Memphis   The ACORN Canada organizing staff held its Year End/Year Begin staff meeting in Memphis with a side trip to Little Rock this year.   Among the highlights of the meetings in Memphis were visits at the University of Memphis with ex-Texas and South Dakota ACORN organizer, Steve Soifer, now head of the Social Work Department …

Continue Reading

Small Employers Switching to Health Exchanges over Affordability Issues

Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Health Care

Memphis   It was only a matter of time before some of the paradoxes embedded in the Affordable Care Act began to make too many employers, both good and bad, wonder if they couldn’t do better when they pay for health insurance.   We’ve talked about some of the problems before, especially the incongruities around the loopholes …

Continue Reading