Reimagine America

While applauding the final Congressional passage of the Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Plan, Joyce imagines just how much more economic, social and fiscal impact an integrated approach to infrastructure renewal and climate mitigation would bring to 21st Century America.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce did the research – on universal family leave. No so, doesn't exist. Yes some countries offer more in parental leave BUT their taxes are two times or more what US Taxpayer has demonstrated a willingness to pay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce compares the chaotic and silo'd US exit from Afghanistan to the carefully orchestration of Ford Motor Company's planned exit from the internal combustion engine era of automobiles to a new electronic vehicular future.  Both are existential – planning and accountability are what distinguishes them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce reviews the latest book from famed Washington Post author and editor Bob Woodward.  In the main, it's a supersized edition of the last two years of Washington Post political reporting --- with a few interesting new twists. Listen here and save yourself $30 or so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce and Jim Rex, Chairman Emeritus of the Alliance Party, discuss the current crisis in governance in the USA – what ended civility and common sense in American government at every level? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce discusses the three Afghanistan lies President Biden that reduce his credibility and the public trust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Monday, Senator Lindsey Graham became the first politician to look at himself in the mirror and admit he's a hypocrite – supporting HR1 Filibuster while attacking Texas Democrats for preventing quorum on vote on Texas S2.  Two bad bills – both should be defeated. Credit Lindsey for realizing that doubling down on the hypocrisy can be turned into a US Senate Republican opportunity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce explains why she's excited about recently negotiated bi-partisan infrastructure framework but she's not ready for the celebratory ice cream until it passes both houses of Congress. President Biden will have to keep Democrats in line if he expects to sign this significant real contribution to economic growth and quality of life into law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce argues General Mark Milley's House Testimony this past week compels a reconsideration of the bill to establish an Independent January 6 Commission.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce on the southwestern US water crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce's take on the January 6th report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce discusses her reaction to the San Jose, California, shooting and what it must mean for all of us moving forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce discusses filling the gap between President Biden's vision of what the American economy can become in the next decade and what a plan to achieve that vision would look like. Making multi-trillion dollar spending decisions without a concrete, step-by-step plan to spend that money wisely – is spending this country cannot afford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce discusses some simple, post-partisan steps Congress could take to insure that voters get to chose their representatives rather than representatives choosing them. To get the country moving we need new members, new thinking, more future focused. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce commiserates about the hazards of being a strong woman surrounded by a bunch of intimidated men with a couple of self-centered conniving women thrown in. In both business and politics – it is better to be respected than loved.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Biden's “State of the Union” Address to an limited Congressional audience drew only 28.6 million viewers across all television channels.  Ratings that low require a new approach for future addresses --  focusing on delivering information directly to the American people – engaging them to engage with members of Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce compares the Biden Infrastructure Plan to the GOP Infrastructure Plan – by the numbers. Surprise: there are areas of great comity. Could compromise be possible?  Oh, and how to pay for it – that's a longer conversation – next time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a couple of months in federal custody, Jon Schaffer has expressed his willingness to talk about the Oath Keepers activities on January 6 (and beyond) but only if the government will put him into the Witness Protection Program. Joyce asks will his cooperation be enough to shake the majority of Americans out of their civic lethargy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce looks for the root causes of 1000 Police Shootings in the USA annually and suggests some fixes that range from common sense, to lessons learned and even new legislation. Two things she knows won't work are “defunding” or “disarming” the police. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce is an enthusiastic supporter of building better roads, rural broadband, better air transit systems and more good paying career-jobs. But there is a right way and a wrong way to build a 21st century American Infrastructure. Increasing debt and higher taxes without planning and debate is destined to repeat the mistakes of 2009 to 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce discusses clever ways that Mitch McConnell, if he wanted to, could make some small compromises to avoid giant progressive leaps over the carcass of the Senate filibuster. The American people will come to regret those leaps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your thoughts and prayers just make me angrier, GOP Senators. Take one or two or three tiny, tiny steps forward toward reducing the scourge of mass casualty gun violence in America. Background checks don't hurt lawful gun owners, but they might have kept guns out of the hands of two deranged 21 year olds who murdered 18 innocent people in the last seven days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce reacts to the 200 bills in 43 state legislatures all aimed at voter suppression. The fair thing, the just thing, the right thing is to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. It addresses the problem, without expanding the Federal Government. And it honors an American hero. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce talks about the new social safety net entitlement programs that are buried in the fine print of the 600 page COVID Relief package.  Most of the spending has some real value – but before we make these temporary programs permanent – shouldn't we discuss how to pay for them into the future? And how some might alter the nature of work in the USA? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce talks about all the WOKEFULNESS blasted out this week. Some of it is funny, some of it is hilarious (Bagels) and some of it is just plain well – Meghan and Harry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce discusses the American Recovery Act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hundreds of volunteers will create floral hearts around the US on 3/1 as part of the unofficial COVID Memorial Day. Learn how you can support their efforts here: www.floralheartproject.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce on the current state of the GOP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce on McConnell's Impeachment vote dilemma. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce breaks down the Biden administration's COVID relief plan.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce makes the comparison between business and politics – if the consumer can't trust the producer – the consumer doesn't buy the product (i.e. candidate). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce talks about the importance of rebuilding trust with the American people and among their elected representatives. Joe Biden is risking establishing that trust with proposals for a $15 minimum wage and immigration reform on his first full day in office – proposals he knows will go nowhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Biden will take Oath of Office on January 20,2021, under the watchful eyes of 20,000 National Guard troops, Secret Service and dozens of other law enforcement agencies in the aftermath of the Capitol violence of January 6,2021.  Further violence, blood shed is feared. What Donald Trump unleashed will take many years to corral and pacify. The work ahead is difficult but the continuation of the democratic republic of the USA requires that all of us engage in that work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce discusses the January 6 assault on the US Capitol. The bottom-line is to insure this does not become a precedent for contesting elections in the United States of America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce talks about her current Twitter nightmare.  Twitter has to choose whether their users are customers or the product. It can't be both.  Artificial intelligence is not that intelligent. It is not a substitute for customer service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce summarizes the dueling major crisis facing the USA this Christmas while the White House is AWOL and asks why the Trump base remains committed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce is looking forward to being inoculated against COVID19 sooner rather than later. What has to happen to turn hope for a vaccination into an injection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce discusses the week's events in the continuing effort by Republicans to overturn the presidential election results and how these efforts are poisoning the well that could otherwise have produced some modest but meaningful American renewal in 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce goes through the numbers: votes, recounts, and lawsuits concluding that this election is over – by the numbers. Biggest number of all: $207 Million in small dollar contributions to cushion his retirement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce is astonished and worried about the lengths to which many have gone to mislead the American electorate about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential Election. While each voter is entitled to their own conclusions – there is only one set of facts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce talks with John Simpson, the CEO of RentReporters (https://www.rentreporters.com/) about the role credit plays in helping marginalized communities convert income into a sustainable financial future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tricia Benn, the Chief Community Officer of C-Suite Network and a former VP of Public Affairs Practice at IPSOS discusses the overly optimistic polls for President Elect Biden in 2020. A repeat of 2016? A systemic problem with polling?  Or just statistical anomaly reflecting a closely divided electorate? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce explains what pre-existing conditions are (you might be surprised), how they impact everyone's insurance rates and why that's not likely to change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce observes that strange bedfellows like Democrat James Carville and former Republican Rick Wilson both understand “It's the Economy Stupid” – and, yes, character matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce talks with Gideon Cohn and Monica Meng, the business team at Good Capital Investment Group about what social impact investing is and what they are finding corporate America is already doing to address the long term risks posed to their businesses by climate change and social inequality, etc..   Posing the question, what should the government's role be going forward? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce gives President Trump's 4 Year Performance Appraisal – the case for and against renewing his employment contract for another four years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce discusses the future of the petroleum industry in the wake of the final presidential debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Rex, Chairman of the Alliance Party, joins Joyce to discuss how we can mend our electoral processes - starting in 2022 - without bending the Constitution. The latter is too heavy a lift! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce discusses the current vitriolic political climate with James Rex, Chairman of the Alliance Party, focusing on why each vote really matters in “lowering the temperature." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce discussed the differences between anarchists, white supremacists, and white nationals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joyce discusses a variety of reactions to the first Presidential Debate – if one can call it that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices