Richard Eskow
Richard (RJ) Eskow is Senior Advisor for Health and Economic Justice at Social Security Works and the host of The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow on Free Speech TV. Follow him on Twitter: @rjeskow
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Views Saturday, November 09, 2019 Can Bloomberg Buy the Election for $12 Billion? If So, He Can Write the Check Today Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire who bought himself a mayoralty, now has his sights set on higher office. This is the same Michael Bloomberg who became mayor of New York City by outspending his opponent five to one. Could the same arithmetic apply to the presidential race? If so, it would cost... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, October 01, 2019 Bernie’s Student Debt Plan Creates a Million More Jobs Than Warren’s—She Should Embrace It Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have both offered proposals to cancel student debt, a nearly $1.6 trillion burden on borrowers and a major drag on the economy. While both are aggressive attempts to address the student debt crisis, there is a major difference between the two plans: the Sanders... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, July 30, 2019 The Fatal Flaw in Kamala Harris’ Health Plan Sen. Kamala Harris has become the latest presidential candidate to unveil a healthcare plan. Her proposal would take current Medicare, including the private plans known as Medicare Advantage, and extend it to the entire population. Her staff says that her plan would sharply limit out-of-pocket... Read more |
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Views Monday, June 24, 2019 Ilhan Omar and Bernie Got It Right: Full Student Debt Cancellation Is the Best Approach Sen. Bernie Sanders, together with Representatives Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal, has introduced a dramatic reform package on college affordability. It goes far beyond anything proposed so far, both in its scope and in its potential to reshape the way Americans think about their society and... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Medicare For All: Accept No Substitutes Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2019 . A companion bill of the same name has already been introduced in the House by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA). That’s good news for the country. Unfortunately, these bills are facing opposition from what, for some people,... Read more |
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Views Thursday, January 31, 2019 Democrats Shouldn’t Abandon Medicare for All Over a Misleading Survey David Leonhardt of the New York Times has highlighted a survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation that, if true, would suggest that Medicare for All is not nearly as popular as initial polling would suggest. Based on this survey’s results, Leonhardt concludes that Democrats who support the idea are... Read more |
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Views Thursday, December 06, 2018 Don’t Let the Trump Administration Corporatize Medicare The Trump administration is engaged in a massive deception about Medicare Advantage plans, those commercial insurance plans that contract with the government to offer Medicare benefits. These plans are offered as an alternative to traditional Medicare, the public plan administered by the government... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, November 20, 2018 Wall Street Is Leading the Attack on Pelosi—Steny Hoyer Is the Real Barrier to the Progressive Agenda It’s impossible to understand the Democratic rebellion against Nancy Pelosi without understanding the way power works in the House of Representatives. To understand the self-serving men behind this rebellion, heed the words of the late screenwriter William Goldman: Follow the money. There is... Read more |
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Views Monday, July 30, 2018 An Economy in the Fast Lane – With No Brakes Donald Trump has been bragging about the economy a lot lately. He says the United States is now the “ economic envy ” of the world. Unfortunately, Trump is once again trying to reshape reality to fit his own delusions. Reality is refusing to cooperate. It’s true the U.S. economy is in the fast lane... Read more |
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Views Sunday, July 22, 2018 Geithner's Grift, Paydays, and Democratic Drift What does it mean when Timothy Geithner, Barack Obama’s bro-ish and apparently self-satisfied former Secretary of the Treasury, becomes president of a company that hoodwinks the victims of the financial system he helped rescue? If you care about economic justice, or if you want the Democratic Party... Read more |