Michael Bindner
- Location
- Alexandria, Virginia, USA
- Birthday
- November 25
- Bio
- Author of Musings from the Christian Left, Director of the Iowa Center for Fiscal Equity
MY RECENT POSTS
- The President’s Fiscal Year
2014 Budget Proposals for HHS
April 26, 2013 08:52PM - The President’s Fiscal Year
2014 Budget Proposal
April 25, 2013 06:27PM - Tax Reform & Tax Provisions
Affecting State & Local
Governm
March 20, 2013 09:07PM - Securing the Future of the
Disability Insurance Program
March 14, 2013 07:57AM - Tax Ramifications of the
President’s Health Care Law
March 05, 2013 09:57AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I suspect that the
interview where he was all
upset was taped
after Gene
sent an…”
March 03, 2013 01:33PM - “Happy New Year!”
February 14, 2013 05:52PM - “Yet I still snuck in
some econ in the form of
justice and
charity in the
last par…”
October 01, 2012 10:33AM - “Kirby, we should be.
Just saw your comment because
of Dona's
spam.”
August 22, 2012 06:45AM - “Cheri, you miss my point
- that the religious
freedom
question cannot be
litigate…”
July 31, 2012 09:19PM
Michael Bindner's Links
The President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Proposals for HHS
Comments for the Record
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Ways and Means
The President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Proposals
Department of Health and Human Services
Friday, April 12, 2013, 9:00 AM
By Michael G. Bindner
Center for Fiscal Equity
The President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Proposal
Comments for the Record
United States House of Representatives
Committee on Ways and Means
The President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Proposal
Wednesday, April 11, 2013, 10:00 AM
By Michael G. Bindner
Center for Fiscal Equity
Tax Reform & Tax Provisions Affecting State & Local Governm
Chairman Camp and Ranking Member Levin, thank you for the… Read full post »
Securing the Future of the Disability Insurance Program
Comments for the Record
House Ways and Means Committee
Subcommittee on Social Security
Hearing on Securing the Future of the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
Thursday, March 14, 2013, 10:00 A.M.
by Michael Bindner
The Center for Fiscal Equity
Tax Ramifications of the President’s Health Care Law
Chairman Boustany and Rankin… Read full post »
Sede Vacante - Part 2
In my last column, I reviewed the Papacy of Benedict XVI, noting that he was right on economics and the fact that it should not influence fecundity and wrong on the tyranny of relativism, of which he was an unwitting practitioner by letting authority trump the better argument in natural law… Read full post »
Sede Vacante - Part 1
The title is Latin for the seat is vacant. It refers to the fact that the Pope is now the Pope Emeritus. The current issue of our local diocesan paper, the Arlington Catholic Herald is quite the hagiography of his reign - and reign is the operative terms as the Vatican… Read full post »
Examining Traditional Medicare’s Benefit Design
Comments for the Record
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Health
Hearing on Examining Traditional Medicare’s Benefit Design
Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 10:30 AM
By Michael G. Bindner
Center for Fiscal Equity
Chairman Brady Ranking Member McDermot… Read full post »
Increasing Adoptions from Foster Care
Comments for the Record
United States House of Representatives
Committee on Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Human Resources
Hearing on Increasing Adoptions from Foster Care
Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 2:00 PM
By Michael G. Bindner
Center for Fiscal Equity… Read full post »
Waiving TANF Work Requirements
Comments for the Record
United States House of Representatives
Committee on Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Human Resources
Hearing on Waiving Work Requirements in the TANF Program
Thursday, February 28, 2013, 9:00 AM
By Michael G. Bindner
Center for Fiscal Equity
Chairman&… Read full post »
The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023
Comments for the Record
to the
United States Senate
Committee on Finance
The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023
Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 10:00 AM
By Michael G. Bindner
Center for Fiscal Equity
Chairman Baucus and Minority Leader Hatch, thank you for the opportunit… Read full post »
Mailing list time for the Catholic pro-life movement
This past weekend, the first after the Bishop's Lenten Appeal, some of what the appeal goes for was on display at the doors of the Church. Postcards to our members of Congress and the Senate were available with the following text:
The new Congress should come together to
… Read full post »
Hearing on Tax Reform and Charitable Contributions
Comments for the Record
United States House of Representatives
Committee on Ways and Means
Hearing on Tax Reform and Charitable Contributions
February 14, 2013, 9:30 AM
1100 Longworth House Office Building
By Michael G. Bindner
Center for Fiscal Equity… Read full post »
Let's move ahead for 2013
Tax Reform: Impact on U.S. Energy Policy
An open letter to the President from the Catholic Left
President Obama,
Congratulations on getting a second term to live among us in DC. As a fellow person of faith, might I take the liberty of suggesting a few progressive agenda items for your second term:
Sell Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the Federal Reserve, who can then write
Election post-mortem for the Catholic bishops
Your Eminences and Excellencies:
I write today about yesterday's election where, given some of the statements coming from your body due to their reading of Faithful Citizenship, you did not do well in getting your point across. This is not surprising to many of us who simply disregarded much of… Read full post »
Reaction to Michael Harrington's Socialism: Past and Future
In Michael Harrington's last labor of love to the Democratic Socialist movement he helped found (he was the founder of the District of Columbia's chapter of Democratic Socialists of America), he defines the possiblities and challenges Socialism must meet for society to be free rather than dominated b… Read full post »
The Bishop's letter from the pulpit and in the bulletin...
Last weekend, our bulletins included a letter on faithfully voting. Today, only the highlights were mentioned in a letter which was read from the pulpit. I am not sure if the Bishop or the Pastor chose the language to use, but I expect the former rather than the latter.
You can… Read full post »
Are Republicans as crooked as we think they are?
This Series was originally posted January 26, 2005 after the
inauguration of George W. Bush. It seems as applicable now,
so I am reposting here and republishing it in my DC Catholic
Progressive Examiner column, as well as on Facebook, DailyKos and
in Open Salon.
As time marches on and the inaugu… Read full post »
The Feast of St. Michael & its relevance to today
Yesterday was what used to be called Michaelmas or the Feast of St. Michael. The modern calender includes the other archangels, especially Raphael and Gabriel, but there are also lesser known angels like Uriel, the Angel of Death (a role some ascribe to Michael).
To understand the legend of St.… Read full post »
Today's readings and the Catholic bishops
Today, we have readings from Numbers, the Epistle of James and the Gospel of Matthew. They are extremely interesting, given the events of the day.
In Numbers, we hear the story of the 72 elders who were taken to the mountain of God, where the Spirit rested upon them and they… Read full post »
Tax Reform and the Tax Treatment of Capital Gains
Comments for the Record
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Ways and Means
U.S. Senate
Committee on Finance
Joint Hearing on Tax Reform and
the Tax Treatment of Capital Gains
Thursday, September 20, 2012, 10:00… Read full post »
Securing the Future of SSDI
Comments for the Record
House Ways and Means Committee
Subcommittee on Social Security
Hearing on Securing the Future of the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
Friday, September 14, 2012, 9:30 AM
by Michael Bindner
The Center for Fiscal Equity
Chairman Johnson and… Read full post »
Forty days for life
According to my Church Bulletin from St. Mary's of three Sunday's passed (I have been hospitalized ), today marks the beginning of forty days for life in the local Arlington and District Catholic diocese. Parishioners are encouraged to pray and fast to end abortion. Presumably, becau… Read full post »
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