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Letter: Oppose Medicare cut

October 8, 2017 by Editor 13 Comments

Oppose Medicare cut The proposed Republican budget contains a proposal to raise Medicare eligibility to age 67. This is a huge benefit cut and will do great harm to our middle and working class people. It is difficult for a lot of people, especially those who have done manual labor, to work to age 67. […]

Filed Under: Features, Letters, Opinion Tagged With: GOP budget, letters, Medicare, opinion

Matt Talbot: 50 years ago

May 22, 2014 by Matt Talbot 2 Comments

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, on May 22, 1964, Lyndon Baines Johnson stood before that year’s graduating class at the University of Michigan and delivered the speech that launched his Great Society program. It is a sad commentary on both the state of our economy and our politics that a Democratic president giving a similar […]

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: 1960s, Great Society, Head Start, Lyndon Johnson, Matt Talbot, Medicaid, Medicare

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