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 

Hour One: Trump's Speech to Congress, Issues of the Day & Your Calls
- Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District),    

Article: "Father Of Navy SEAL Killed In Yemen Raid Has Harsh Words For Trump" by Bill Chappell.

Article: "Transcript: President Trump's speech to Congress, annotated by Vox staff" (28 Feb 2017) by Vox.

Article: "Trump's guests for his congressional address: Americans with family members killed by immigrants" by Tara Golshan.

Article: "If Trump's guests to his speech tonight are anything to go by, he's deeply committed to school choice" by Amy X. Wang.

Article: "Trump to reporters: 'Nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated'" by Tom Cahill.

Article: "The Only Concrete Takeaway From Trump's Speech: Medicaid Is Doomed" by Jon Schwarz.

Article: "House GOP's 'Better Way' Tax Plan A Much Better Way For Richest 1 Percent" by Matt Fuller.

Article: "Federal Energy Regulatory Commission" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Gerrymandering" by Wikipedia.

Article: "H.R.610 - To distribute Federal funds for elementary and secondary education in the form of vouchers for eligible students and to repeal a certain rule relating to nutrition standards in schools" by Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4].

Article: "Republican success opens door to amending U.S. Constitution".

Article: "Filial responsibility laws" by Wikipedia.

Article: "In first address to Congress, Trump promises a mightier military, more money for vets" by Leo Shane III.

Article: "Tom Perez Beats Out Keith Ellison in DNC Chair Race" by Feb 27, 2017.

Article: "New DNC chair Perez will attend Trump's speech as former rival's guest" by Lisa Hagen.

Article: "Details about new DNC chair Tom Perez; appoints Keith Ellison deputy" by Yvette Caslin.

Book: "Conservatives Without Conscience" by John W. Dean.

Article: "Prosperity theology" (prosperity gospel, health and wealth gospel) by Wikipedia.

Law: "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956" by Wikipedia.

Law: "G.I. Bill" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Marco Rubio Quietly Undermines Affordable Care Act" by Robert Pear.

Article: "Explaining 'Risk Corridors,' The Next Obamacare Issue" by Louise Radnofsky and Jennifer Corbett Dooren, Jan 22, 2014.

Article: "Friedman analysis of HR 676: Medicare for All would save billions" by Don McCanne MD.

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    

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: "Corn turning French hamsters into deranged cannibals: research" by Marlowe Hood.

Article: "Pellagra" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Sessions says marijuana should not be sold 'at every corner grocery store'" by Hotakainen.

Article: "When Retirement Comes With a Daily Dose of Cannabis" by Winnie Hu.

Article: "Shareholder value" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Executive compensation in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ayn Rand Indoctrination at American Universities, Sponsored by the Right Wing" by Daniel Denvir.

 

Talk Media News Segment:
- Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief 

Article: "Rosie O'Donnell takes on Trump, media's coverage during rally outside White House" by TMN.

Article: "Fact-checking President Trump's address to Congress" by Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee.

Article: "Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, 3/1/2017".

Article: "Hoyer: Trump's speech lacked substance" by Ellen Ratner.

Article: "7-in-10 speech-watchers say Trump boosted optimism" by Jennifer Agiesta.

Article: "Viewers strongly approve of Trump's speech to Congress" by Anthony Salvanto, Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Kabir Khanna.

Article: "Senate approves Zinke to become Interior Secretary" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "Trump Proposes Cutting State Department Budget by 37%" by Felicia Schwartz.

Article: "Trump takes hatchet to EPA" by Devin Henry.

Article: "Lindsey Graham Says Trump's First Budget Is 'Dead On Arrival'" by Esme Cribb.

Article: "McConnell: Trump's State Dept. cuts 'probably' can't pass Senate" by Jordain Carney.

Article: "South Sudan's Man-Made Famine" by Siobhán O'Grady.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Hour Three: The Oompa Loompa Speaks to Congress
- Mike Malloy, The Mike Malloy Show  

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: "Trump administration halts California's plans for high-speed rail and infrastructure improvements" by Walter Einenkel.

Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia

    

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I'll be talking to Ed Wytkind, Transportation & Trade Union (AFL-CIO) about Infrastructure Investment.

 

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