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Thom plus logo  After a month on the job, Donald Trump is finally starting to grasp some of the basic facts of American politics.

He's finally figured out, for example, that healthcare policy is really, really complicated.
"Now, I have to tell you, it's an unbelievably complex subject. Nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated... tax cutting has never been that easy, but it's a tiny, little ant compared to what we're talking about with Obamacare."
Actually, everybody knew healthcare was this complicated, which is why they warned Trump not to repeal Obamacare.

But it doesn't have to be this way.

There actually is a way to streamline this whole process - and make the American healthcare as simple as pie.

It's called single-payer healthcare - and all Trump would need to do to make it a reality here in the US as it is in developed nations like Canada would be take that Medicare program he likes so much and drop its eligibility age down to zero.

So what's he waiting for?

-Thom

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Wednesday's Daily Stack Daily Stack
Hour One: Trump's Speech to Congress, Issues of the Day & Your Calls
- Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District),  Twitter  Twitter
Article: "Federal Energy Regulatory Commission" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Filial responsibility laws" by Wikipedia.
Book: "Conservatives Without Conscience" by John W. Dean.
Article: "Prosperity theology" (prosperity gospel, health and wealth gospel) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956" by Wikipedia.
Law: "G.I. Bill" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Explaining 'Risk Corridors,' The Next Obamacare Issue" by Louise Radnofsky and Jennifer Corbett Dooren, Jan 22, 2014.
Article: "The GOP's Stealth War Against Voters" (Crosscheck) by Greg Palast, August 24, 2016.

Hour Two: Did Trump Send a Tingle Up Libertarians' Legs???
- Charles Sauer, The Market Institute  Twitter  Twitter
Book: "Conservatives Without Conscience" by John W. Dean.
Article: "Schengen" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Polish Plumber" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Laffer Curve".
 
Article: "Toyota, Moving Northward" by Paul Krugman, July 25, 2005.
Article: "What Do the Koch Brothers Want?" (1980 Libertarian Party platform) by Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Article: "Niacin Rescues Cannibalistic Hamsters" by W. Todd Penberthy, PhD.
Article: "Pellagra" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Shareholder value" by Wikipedia.
 
Talk Media News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief Twitter
Article: "Fact-checking President Trump's address to Congress" by Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee.
Article: "Hoyer: Trump's speech lacked substance" by Ellen Ratner.
Article: "Viewers strongly approve of Trump's speech to Congress" by Anthony Salvanto, Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Kabir Khanna.
Article: "Trump takes hatchet to EPA" by Devin Henry.
Article: "South Sudan's Man-Made Famine" by Siobh�n O'Grady.

Hour Three: The Oompa Loompa Speaks to Congress
- Mike Malloy, The Mike Malloy Show  Twitter
Article: "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis.
 
Article: "Lent" by Wikipedia.
Article: "H.R.193 - American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2017" by Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3].
Article: "You Too Can Buy a Congressman..." by Thom Hartmann.
Article: "You, Too, Can Buy a Congressman!" by Thom Hartmann, July 01, 2015.
Article: "The Danger of American Fascism" by Vice President Henry A. Wallace, 9 April 1944.
Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia
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