Monthly Archives: September 2015

Martin Shkreli is not the problem

One of the biggest items in the news this week is the story of Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager who started a pharmaceutical company, purchased the US marketing rights to a 62 year old life-saving drug called Daraprim, and then promptly raised the price from $13.50/pill to $750/pill. While Mr. Shkreli has been […]

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The Cost of Our Economy

The federal government likes to pat itself on the back for the “improving” economy. The Democrats in the White House and the Republicans in Congress will argue about who can take credit for it, but both parties agree that the economy is getting better and better. And who knows, from their points of view, they […]

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Paying Our Fair Share

According to the rulebooks, America has a progressive tax system. The way things are supposed to work is that all of us pay to fund our government in proportion to our ability to pay. Wealthy people and corporations, who have more ability to pay and who have benefitted the most from America’s policies and economy […]

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We Need Immigration

It’s no secret that the American immigration system is broken. Millions of immigrants pour into the United States every year, many of them undocumented. These undocumented immigrants undercut Americans who are looking for jobs because of the unscrupulous businesses who pay them less than minimum wage, knowing that undocumented workers cannot complain to the authorities […]

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