What I worry about is that somewhere in the U.S. financial system right now is the next Wells Fargo scandal taking shape.
The President proposes to eliminate two important programs for economic development: Community Development Block Grants and the CDFI Fund.
I, and every Democrat I know, have been at the table since before the ACA was passed, getting stood up for the last 8 years.
We cannot ignore issues like this and pretend they do not affect the economy.
Wall Street reform, as you remember, changed to be very--as we were very aware of what was happening in community banks with FDIC charges, a...
We are not winning this fight against this epidemic.
Do not cut Medicaid--do not cut it and do not end the expansion.
Bottom line, the pay-for-itself argument behind this tax plan holds up as well as the flat-Earth theory.
Your party has a history of, let us say, less than enthusiastic support for social insurance, for Medicare, or for Social Security, for unem...
There is not a reputable economist out there who agrees with that.
Would you commit to not raising the Social Security retirement age in order to pay for these tax cuts?