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The Affordable Care Act (or ACA) has been challenged by dozens of states, in multiple ways, all over the country. The law remains unpopular among the public and loathed by Republican politicians, who have pledged that repeal will be their first order of business if given power in 2012. Implementation is proceeding jerkily, in part because many states are waiting till the legal and political uncertainty clears to commit to the law.

Next Monday, the Supreme Court will begin hearing three days of oral arguments addressing various questions of legal procedure and legality which will ultimately decide the fate of the ACA, and millions of Americans along with it.

Join Action NC at for a lively discussion about the future of the Affordable Care Act in light of the Supreme Court challenge and the polarized political environment in which we live on Monday, March 26 at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, starting at noon.

This item is cross-posted by Kevin Rogers at Action NC

Had I known nothing about economics or governance before watching last week’s Republican debates, I would have thought that destroying government was the only way to save it. I would, of course, be wrong. To quote Woodrow Wilson, “A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks - mostly sits.” While these particular conservatives were standing, it was clear that not much thinking was going on either.

This item is cross-posted by Kevin Rogers at Action NC

After months of closed-door meetings and apparent deadlock, the Super Committee is finally working toward achieving their goal of $1.5 trillion in cuts - by proposing $4 trillion in cuts.

According to the Washington Post yesterday, Committee leaders suggested picking up where Obama and Boehner left off in June, discussing a plan that included provisions to raise taxes, raise the Medicare eligibility age and use a less generous measure of inflation to calculate Social Security benefits.

When a President proposes a sweeping, highly progressive new tax plan to a deeply divided conservative Congress smack in the middle of a presidential campaign season, it is pretty clear that he doesn't actually think he can get it passed. It is a conversation starter. Or an opening shot for further negotiations. Or, more directly, it is a campaign issue. It's politics.