Category: Ressurect the Middle Class

TheVoiceOfJoyce ACA insurers will increase premiums 15%, citing higher drug costs due to tariffs?

July 18, 2025

Insurance companies control our quality of healthcare and it’s past time to change their influence. Insurers’ Preliminary Rate Filings Anticipate Biggest Increases in ACA Marketplace Plan Premiums Since 2018  Scheduled expiration of enhanced tax credits and impact of tariffs among factors pushing premiums higher  ACA Marketplace insurers are proposing a median premium increase of 15% … More TheVoiceOfJoyce ACA insurers will increase premiums 15%, citing higher drug costs due to tariffs?

TheVoiceOfJoyce We will mobilize and educate everyone about the harms of the “Big Ugly Bill”.

July 4, 2025

Today we celebrate our forefathers who founded our great nation. We remember our struggles for freedom and equality and we know, we will raise every voice and overcome our tyranny. Donald Trump and the GOP who carry evil in their hearts, will not prevail. On America’s 249th anniversary of declaring freedom from tyranny, a would-be king … More TheVoiceOfJoyce We will mobilize and educate everyone about the harms of the “Big Ugly Bill”.

TheVoiceOfJoyce Bard College, values education and teaching the many , over accumulating a large endowment.

April 14, 2025

When all Universities act like Bard, expand teaching to their students and the Community they’ll be able to band together with other Universities. Currently, the large Universities targeted value the size of their endowment over the value of their teaching and learning experiences for their students. When they emphasize Education over their business, they’ll defeat … More TheVoiceOfJoyce Bard College, values education and teaching the many , over accumulating a large endowment.

TheVoiceOfJoyce Next? Trump attacks States Energy policies?

April 9, 2025

First, Trump has flood the Zone with mass layoffs, closed consumer protective agencies and now he wants to illegally tamper with our State energy policies? Follow the science, coal is bad for individual and global health. Old decommissioned coal mines are a perfect intermediary to power energy efficient grids. No technology was paid for the … More TheVoiceOfJoyce Next? Trump attacks States Energy policies?

TheVoiceOfJoyce Why is Trump, Musk and Trump’s GOP, “Flooding the Zone “, by threatening massive layoffs, playing on again, off again tariffs, crashing the stock market? So we’ll lose our sense of agency and We won’t notice the continuing transfer of wealth with tax cuts to the wealthy and Corporations.

April 5, 2025

Evidently, they misunderstood how precious our Democracy and our Rights were to us! Never underestimate the Power of the People. We Rise and Resist. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/senate-republicans-trillions-tax-breaks-spending-cuts

TheVoiceOfJoyce Why does the House GOP and one Democrat believe eliminating child poverty is wrong?

December 8, 2022

The House will reinstate the child tax credit, if they can also extend the tax breaks for Corporations. Once again, the poor and middle class get to pay for all the programs coming out of the Federal Government. It’s, too bad, they couldn’t pass the For the Families Act and get universal PreK schooling. With … More TheVoiceOfJoyce Why does the House GOP and one Democrat believe eliminating child poverty is wrong?

TheVoiceOfJoyce After COP27, the World is faced with a warming Arctic and Antarctica. They’re melting at an alarming rate and several , untested, proposals have been made. Only one, tackling the Arctic warming problem, appears to be viable without unintended consequences. That’s cloud brightening. If the predictions are correct, we’ve got 7 years to solve our problems, before Global temperatures rise more than 4 degrees Celsius.

November 27, 2022

The proposed project also assumes International cooperation? Another stumbling block. Nations, individually, haven’t developed plans to limit emissions or fossil fuel usage. Why isn’t survival on everyone’s mind? http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/27/melting-point-could-cloud-brightening-slow-the-thawing-of-the-arctic Given that it seems to take about seven years to get planning permission for a loft conversion, this seems to me like an astonishingly optimistic timescale. … More TheVoiceOfJoyce After COP27, the World is faced with a warming Arctic and Antarctica. They’re melting at an alarming rate and several , untested, proposals have been made. Only one, tackling the Arctic warming problem, appears to be viable without unintended consequences. That’s cloud brightening. If the predictions are correct, we’ve got 7 years to solve our problems, before Global temperatures rise more than 4 degrees Celsius.

TheVoiceOfJoyce If we want competition, the Government has to enforce anti trust Legislation and stop allowing mergers. To protect us, the government workforce must be expanded to enforce anti trust Laws. Unaccountable Business is hurting Americans. There is no data on Corporate 1000 following ESG’s! ( Definition: Stewards of the Environment, Contributing to their community, creating Corporate Governance giving stakeholders a say in the working of the Corporation)

November 23, 2022

Big business loves consolidation of their Power. They are not benevolent. They’re avaricious and exist to raise profits and market share. By allowing mergers and one, two or 3 dominant players in every industry, we created greedy companies, oblivious to the needs of their customers and the root cause of our current Inflationary spiral. We … More TheVoiceOfJoyce If we want competition, the Government has to enforce anti trust Legislation and stop allowing mergers. To protect us, the government workforce must be expanded to enforce anti trust Laws. Unaccountable Business is hurting Americans. There is no data on Corporate 1000 following ESG’s! ( Definition: Stewards of the Environment, Contributing to their community, creating Corporate Governance giving stakeholders a say in the working of the Corporation)

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce The Fight for $15. It’s an ongoing fight for a $15 hourly wage minimum.

November 23, 2022

Only 12 States have implemented the $15 min wage. It never passed Congress. Guess, a living wage is inflationary, while making $31 million is good for Business? It’s time the USA got its priorities right. There is no commerce without Labor. Wages that don’t keep pace with Inflation are not enough. Unite and demand more … More AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce The Fight for $15. It’s an ongoing fight for a $15 hourly wage minimum.

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce What will Countries do to alleviate Climate Warming above 1.5 degrees Celsius?

November 21, 2022

COP27 was a failure of Leadership and open collaboration among nations. A major plan to phase out Fossil Fuels never materialized. In America, we provide over a Trillion Dollars in Subsidies to the Fossil Fuel industry and increased their development rights. When do these taxpayer handouts end? When do we make reclaiming our water resources … More AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce What will Countries do to alleviate Climate Warming above 1.5 degrees Celsius?