Betty Faas - Orcutt

Congress needs to repeal the Authority for Use of Military Force (AUMF), which was passed by Congress giving the president the authority to attack Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center buildings in New York. There have been 37 military operations in 14 countries since the original AUMF passed. Congress seems to […]

Some cuts proposed in President Trump’s budget include: $610 billion from Medicaid (also $840 billion more under Trumpcare) kicking millions of seniors, children, and people with disabilities off their health care; $192 billion from food stamps, which some children need for health; $143 billion from student loans, which makes it harder for students to go […]

Is the U.S. investing for the future? It’s easy to sense the priorities in Washington these days, put in place by big money power over time. War is a major priority, the rationale being security for country and citizens. The well-established global arms trade with its enormous profits is full of corruption, greed, slaughter, and […]

Wealth and power are what matters to the ruthless U.S. Wall Street/corporate class. With their control exercised for a long time over the government of the people for the people whether run by Republicans or Democrats, it is inevitable that our capitalist representative democracy would devolve into a chaotic state. The social and other programs […]