Michael Strain

It’s obviously hard to know for sure, but you would expect that the Affordable Care Act would increase coverage and the fact that coverage has increased -- and more in states that expanded Medicaid – suggests that the Affordable Care Act is a significant factor in the increase of coverage.

All of society should pitch in, if you only do it through $15 an hour, then its only McDonalds and Wal-Mart contributing.

It's unrealistic and inappropriate to expect that corporations will achieve that goal for the rest of society.

We are in a recovery that is accelerating. by Michael Strain

We are in a recovery that is accelerating.

There is still room for stimulus without having to worry about in... by Michael Strain

There is still room for stimulus without having to worry about inflation taking off.

If you're going to go with dynamic scoring, Elmendorf is a great guy to implement that, it would be harder to accuse Republicans of putting their thumb on the scale.

I expect that there will be difficulty in passing another economic stimulus measure in February.