And it's not like we haven't tried to remove that parasite.

Republicans have taken control of the House of Representatives, and already have their sights set on forcing major cuts to "entitlements" like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Read more at HartmannReport.com.

-Thom

Tuesday's Daily Stack

Article: "Why Is the For-Profit Health Industry Like a Giant, Bloodsucking Tick?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Republicans Signal Cuts To Social Security, Medicare With New House Majority" by Igor Bobic.

Article: "How the Supreme Court and the morbidly rich are ruining democracy in America" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans" by Wendell Potter.

Article: "The Hidden History of American Healthcare" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro" by Frederick L. Hoffman.

Article: "Sen. Bernie Sanders to target high healthcare costs as leader of influential committee" by Sydney Halleman.

Article: "Meet UnitedHealth CEO Stephen Hemsley: Rich, Powerful, Not Yet Famous" by Peter Dreier.

Article: "After Pushing Lies, Former Cigna Executive Praises Canada's Health Care System" by Michel Martin.

Article: "McGuire's payday is a shame, if not a crime" by Neal St. Anthony.

Article: "Health expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) in selected countries in 2020" by Statista.

Article: "The Perfect Payday" by Charles Forelle and James Bandler.

Video: John F Kennedy JFK argues for universal healthcare.

Article: "House GOP's First Bill Would Slash IRS Budget - And Cost The Government Money" by Arthur Delaney.

Article: "Katie Porter, California Congresswoman, Is Running for Senate" by Reid J. Epstein.

Speech "Address at a New York Rally in Support of the President's Program of Medical Care for the Aged, 20 May 1962" by JFK.

Video: Ronald Reagan - Medicare Will Bring A Socialist Dictatorship.

Article: "Framing Hunter Biden" by Asha Rangappa.

Article: "The Constitutional Case for Disarming the Debt Ceiling" by Thomas Geoghegan.

Article: "The Federalist Number 30" by Alexander Hamilton.

Article: "14th Amendment section 4, July 9, 1868 "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."

Article: "Bolsonaro posts photo from Florida hospital bed – a day after supporters stormed Brazil's Congress" by Chris Stevenson.

Video: "Reagan: Government is not the solution to our problem government IS the problem".

Article: "Thousands march to demand the prosecution of Brazil rioters" by Mithil Aggarwal.

Article: "Medicare Advantage" (Medicare Part C) by Wikipedia.

Book: Sugar Blues by William Dufty.

Video: Billionaire investor Mark Cuban talks new online pharmacy and drug prices.

Article: "Mark Cuban's latest prescription for success" by Jim Axelrod.

Article: "Moderna CEO: 400% price hike on COVID vaccine "consistent with the value"" by Beth Mole.

Hour Two: DEBATE!!! Republicans want to raise Social Security to 75 - Shouldn't we lower it to 60?
- Charles Sauer, Libertarian / Economist & President - The Market Institute / author of Profit Motive: What Drives the Things We Do / podcast Pardon My Parsing

Article: "Republicans Signal Cuts To Social Security, Medicare With New House Majority" by Igor Bobic.

Article: "GOP senators: Raise retirement age to 70" by Jordan Fabian.

Article: "Reports from the Board of Trustees" by SSA.

Article: "U.S. Life Expectancy 1950-2023" by macrotrends.

Article: "Polarizing and isolating Americans is good business for media monopolies" by Chris Hedges.

Tweet: "Were Ukraine winning, it would not need to beg for more tanks, armored vehicles, etc. Its allies would not need to give them." by Richard D. Wolff.

Article: "Home & Community-Based Services 1915(c)" by Medicaid.

Article: "Nessel reopens criminal probe of GOP 'fake electors' after no word from feds" by Dave Boucher.

Documentary: SiCKO - Michael Moore.

Documentary: Where to Invade Next - Michael Moore.

Article: "Income in the United States: 2021-Current Population Reports" by Jessica Semega and Melissa Kollar.

Article: "Wealth of US billionaires rises by nearly a third during pandemic" by Rupert Neate.

Article: "History of Social Security in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Social Security Facts" by Balancing Everything.

Article: "An Interview with Michael Hutchison" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "" by .

Article: "Rep. Jim Banks eyes Senate bid" by Andrew Solender.

Article: "Congressional pension" by Wikipedia.

Site: TRICARE For Life.

Article: "Arizona Republicans literally just turned their backs as Katie Hobbs called for collaboration" by Caitlin Sievers.

Article: "Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signs private school voucher expansion bill, now largest in U.S." by AP.

Article: "Dems Blast House GOP for Bill Adding $114 Billion to Deficit By Enabling Tax Cheats" by Brett Wilkins.

Article: "GOP Preemptively Strikes Down Ethics Probe Into Actions of Four Republicans" by Ewan Palmer.

Article: "The Supreme Court Could Gut the Right to Strike" by Matt Ford.

Article: "The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure" by Nick Hanauer, David M. Rolf.

Article: "Insulin" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Pennsylvania Democrats Upended as House Speaker Flips to Independent" by Salena Zito.

Site: HealthCare 4 All PA.

Article: "Martha MacCallum Claims Female M&M Characters Embolden Enemies: 'Makes China Say, Oh Good'" by Michael Luciano.

Article: "I measured the pollution from my gas stove. It was bad." by Michael Thomas.

Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Securities turnover excise tax" (STET tax) by Wikipedia.

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann.

Book: "Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country" by Thom Hartmann (read online).

Article: "Sarah Huckabee Sanders sworn in as Arkansas governor" by AP.

Article: "Toyota, Moving Northward" by Paul Krugman.

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