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Why We Need Rich People
Anyone who has read many or any of my blogs would probably think I am socialist, but they would be incorrect. I am a capitalist. I believe that capitalism is the strongest economic theory. I probably need to remind my readers that I always describe communism and capitalism as economic…
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The Social Safety Net
Collectively, programs that offer financial assistance to extremely low income persons or families for needs such as food, housing, healthcare and sometimes cash are referred to as the social safety net. Generally the United States is considered to have a relatively weak social safety net compared to other developed nations,…
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The Social Contract
Persons educated in political science refer to the “social contract” as an agreement between those who govern and those whom are governed. Moreover, the social contract tries to explain why people form governments and why those whom are governed agree to abide by laws and pay taxes to a government…
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Nutrition, Transportation, Communications
In my previous blogs I have included healthcare and low income housing as specific subjects. In this blog I am going to discuss nutrition, transportation and communication programs for low income persons and families. Together these five subjects: healthcare, housing, nutrition, transportation and communications programs for low income persons make…
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Affordable Housing and Homelessness
Having spent nearly 20 years operating homeless and low income housing programs, I have a great deal of experience seeing which work and which fail as far as the programs go. Unfortunately, I don’t have good news about what my experience has taught me. I have worked with most every…
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Real Healthcare Reform
Universal healthcare proposals have been around since the beginning of the 20th century as have concerns about rising healthcare costs. A quick Google search will get you all kinds of history if you should want it. Seemingly all proposals are about health insurance affordability rather than the rising cost of…
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Socialism and Democracy
In the past few years we have been hearing more politicians proclaiming themselves to be socialists. Bernie Sanders comes to mind and more recently newly elected Mayor of New York City, Zohran Mandani has not shied away from his affiliation with the Democratic Socialists of America and he won the…
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About the Author
My name is Tyler Rasmussen. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Wichita State University and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Missouri. After obtaining my Bachelor’s degree I began a career administering government funded low income housing programs of various types and continued…