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Dogs & Trainwrecks: How Big Insurance Sees Us

When I was up You would always come round But when I needed a friend Oh, you could never be found I got a hole Where my heart used to be I wouldn't treat a dog, no, no The way you treated me Cher, "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog the Way You Treated Me" Hey, Sen. Landrieu....

Where Will the Jobs Come From?

They are popping the bubbly on Wall Street. Million-dollar bonuses, the Dow at 10,000, the casino is open again. Forget President Obama, who says we can't go back to an economy where finance pockets 40 percent of the profits. We're already headed there. The...

Coming Clean on the Stimulus

A report issued by the White House and the Education Department on Monday showed that the federal economic stimulus package (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) has so far created or saved 250,000 education jobs. The report is the first hard evidence of the...

Progressive Breakfast - 10/20/2009

The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Increased Support for Public Option Among Indys, Seniors For the millionth time, poll shows public option popular, while tax on expansive insurance plans still...

Bernanke Solves The Wrong Deficit

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke recognized today that America’s trade deficit played a central role in the global economic crisis. Then after he recognized the problem, he went on to solve a different one. Start with the real problem, America’s trade deficit....

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