Category: The Economist

The Voice of Joyce: Back up slides for Posts on : Tax Cuts! The ACA & Puerto Rico Response time for aid; timelines!

October 2, 2017

  Dear followers: These are the statistics to back up some of your questions on the effects of the  Trump Tax Cuts !   TRUMP’S TAX REFORM I do hope you finds these slides helpful.  Say No to this Agenda.  We have solutions and long term planning, no time for delusional thinking!  There is no … More The Voice of Joyce: Back up slides for Posts on : Tax Cuts! The ACA & Puerto Rico Response time for aid; timelines!

Joyce America Speaks Periscope Monday@11am “We the People” need a “Goldilocks” government to address our needs! 

October 2, 2017

It boggles my mind to read about the antics of our President and his administration.  Worse, the lack of priorities  from this GOP led Congress is appalling.  Where are the Statesmen?  Are bribes so pervasive that they can only focus on tax cuts for the wealthy rather than address the real problems confronting our nation?  … More Joyce America Speaks Periscope Monday@11am “We the People” need a “Goldilocks” government to address our needs! 

Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am Wednesday Let’s talk about our needs and how to satisfy them! 

September 27, 2017

Dear followers, This post will continue to address entitlements and our judgements of the people who receive them.  Clue: They are not going to the middle class or the poor.  Entitlements are going to a select 1.5 million people.  It is important to remember how we got to our  state of inequality and its effect … More Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am Wednesday Let’s talk about our needs and how to satisfy them! 

Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am What are “We the People’s ” Entitlement? Healthcare is our right . 

September 24, 2017

I’m stuck on the word “Entitlement” for the Middle Class.  It currently has no meaning for “We the People”.  To what are we ” entitled”?   Affordable healthcare is no longer an entitlement!  Expanded Medicaid, a benefit to millions in 18 states, may no longer be an entitlement!  Opioid counseling is not an entitlement.  Imprisonment … More Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am What are “We the People’s ” Entitlement? Healthcare is our right . 

Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am Monday We can’t afford to lose Moderate Legislators.  Here’s why! 

September 17, 2017

      I must make the case for Moderates in Congress.  Why are Centrists so important to our Congressional body?  The answer is simple and  critical.  Moderates negotiate and can reach common ground. For the last 30 years, as our country became more economically unequal, our politics and policies were shaped by a diminished … More Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am Monday We can’t afford to lose Moderate Legislators.  Here’s why! 

Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am Wednesday Step #2: GOP presenting Bills to make DACA young people citizens.  

September 12, 2017

Dear followers, This week’s issue of The Economist provides deeper insight into Immigration Reform laws that have been proposed going back 15 yrs.  Dick Durbin and Lindsay Graham cosponsored a bill 15 yrs ago codifying the Dream Act.  I understand that Carlos Curbelo, a Republican representative from Florida, is prepared to enter a bill that … More Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am Wednesday Step #2: GOP presenting Bills to make DACA young people citizens.  

Joyce America Speaks Periscope@ 11am Monday Step #1: The Facts on DACA

September 10, 2017

    Dear followers: If you open the link, you’ll find the facts on the DACA program.  A group of kids, brought to this country by their parents, model citizens all. Let’s talk about the Dreamers tomorrow.   See  you at 11am and for those of you new to our Political  program, I had the … More Joyce America Speaks Periscope@ 11am Monday Step #1: The Facts on DACA

Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am Wednesday Out of the Texas tragedy, lesson plans for a better future! 

September 5, 2017

To continue our discussion of the terrible Texas tragedy and lessons learned, I believe these lessons could become a turning point in America.  Good policy should be developed to reform city planning, upgrade our infrastructures and support systems necessary to provide far better safety measures than are currently available in most cities and rural areas … More Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am Wednesday Out of the Texas tragedy, lesson plans for a better future! 

Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am Tues Harvey has been a teaching moment. Let’s move forward together! 

September 4, 2017

Harvey has been a teaching moment for Americans. We came together once again, independent of race, color or religion to help fellow Americans. That’s what we do.  We help each other.  That spirit of moving forward together is who we are.  Let’s not lose this spirit as survivors return to their homes and have to … More Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am Tues Harvey has been a teaching moment. Let’s move forward together! 

Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am Wednesday We need Revenue! Say NO to budget cuts and eliminating consumer protections. 

August 29, 2017

      While Republicans and Democrats are distracted by Hurricane Harvey, who is watching the “small items” marked for destruction, deregulation and budget cuts by the Trump administration?    In a pique of disregard for Native Americans and the Public Good, the Secretary of the Interior intends to cut back on three monument designations, … More Joyce America Speaks Periscope @11am Wednesday We need Revenue! Say NO to budget cuts and eliminating consumer protections.