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Chuck Collins On Why The "Buffett Rule" Is Important

Institute for Policy Studies senior scholar Chuck Collins, a leading voice on the subject of income inequality and economic justice, discusses the "Buffett Rule" and explains the importance of a Senate vote on a bill based on the rule that was scheduled for April 16. more »

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Progressive Caucus On Rep. Paul Ryan's "Roadmap To Ruin"

Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., co-chairman of the House Progressive Caucus, discusses the fiscal year 2012 budget plan unveiled by Rep. Paul Ryan in early April. more »

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Message To Congress: "Back Off Social Security"

Under the slogans “Back Off Social Security” and “Hands Off Social Security,” more than 350 fired-up retirees and others packed a meeting room on Capitol Hill March 28, 2011, to hear from senators and program beneficiaries, and to demand that Congress reject benefit cuts, a retirement age increase, and privatization. more »

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Robert Borosage on MSNBC With Cenk Uygur

CAF co-director Robert Borosage talks with MSNBC's Cenk Uygur about the growth of the Wisconsin movement, its spread across the country, and the Defend the Dream rallies happening across the country on March 15th.

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Wisconsin's Billionaires Make a Sacrifice?

Thirty million's all the governor's apparently going get out of the concessions he's demanded from public sector workers on their pension and health care payments, and for some reason that's beyond me, the unions have agreed to it.

But here's a much easier way to raise the dough.

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Cutting Public Sector Wages Will Make Recession Worse

Bob Pollin and Jeff Thompson: Public sector wages are not higher than comparable private sector; cuts will fuel recession

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Wisconsin Worker Fight Is The Fight For The Middle Class

Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage joins FireDogLake editor Jane Hamsher and Wisconsin AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Stephanie Bloomingdale on Cenk Uygur's show on MSNBC February 22. more »

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Election 2010: How Progressives Should Respond

Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, offers his analysis of why Democrats lost the House during the 2010 elections and how progressives can regain their momentum. more »

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Jacob Hacker on Winner-Take-All Politics

Jacob Hacker, author of the book "Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer--and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class," talks about the impact of failed economic policies on the working class at the AFL-CIO's headquarters in Washington on October 14, 2010. more »

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Positive Progressive Ideas Trump Tea-Party Negativity

Karen Nussbaum, director of Working America, explains how positive progressive solutions about how to rebuild the economy can win over working people bombarded with right-wing, Tea Party negativity. Nussbaum based her comments based on Working America conversations with nearly 70,000 working people around the country.