Vote Your Budget
This episode goes over how much the federal government spends per person in broad categories. I also suggest allowing people to have a binding vote on a federal budget by broad categories that changes...
25 Nov 202535min
Mamdani and Federalism
Click baiting title but his election showed how local areas have issues that aren't best addressed by 'one size fits all' policies. Fewer Americans feel proud to be an American and mid-decade gerryman...
5 Nov 202547min
Initiatives for Congress
A recent NYT/Siena Poll says that around 2/3 of Americans think our country is too divided for government to work. An NPR-PBS-Marist poll from September shows that 25-31% of Americans think that viole...
31 Okt 202541min
Where's the Beef in Federalism?
President Trump's call to import Argentina beef to lower meat prices caused an outcry and complaints about federal regulation. My take after reading about processing plants is that the federal governm...
24 Okt 202535min
Expand the House
The House has been set to the same number (435) since 1929 when we only had 120 million people. The average House seat now has 770,000 people. The UK, Canada, and Germany have 70-100k per member of th...
17 Okt 202538min
How Far Apart Are We as Americans?
We are bitterly divided at the polls and on some social issues (level of religious beliefs, immigration), but not as far apart on others like voter ID, not cutting Social Security, and a majority in a...
10 Okt 202533min
The Lab is Vandalized
This episode was recorded during a government shutdown. Instead of talking about the 'big shutdown' of a national divorce, I look at a symptom of a government that has been broken down for a while-the...
3 Okt 202557min
