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It Doesn't Matter What Harry Reid Does On Public Option

D-Day is tired of the kabuki dance of leaking the end of the public option then denying it publicly, the latest incarnation coming from the Senate Majority Leader's office: Harry Reid pulled the yo-yo trick today. First some anonymous staffers were quoted in the NYT...

GDP: Taking Aim at the Stat that Bamboozles

A conservative world leader and two world-famous economists who challenge conservative world leaders have joined up to call for a totally new global economic yardstick. And they want that yardstick to measure inequality. Sometime early this fall, new statistics are...

Progressive Breakfast - 9/28/2009

The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Public Option Vote Expected Tomorrow in Senate Finance Cmte NYT reports Sen. Reid won't include public option in bill presented to full Senate: "Democratic...

G20 Conclusions: Good If Implemented, Not Ignored

Here is a wrap-up on the G20 Summit. On the ground: The thing that stands out in my mind from actually being in Pittsburgh while the summit took place is the way the city reacted. The city was literally deserted, buildings were barricaded as if the Chinese or Russian...

The Morality of Health Care Reform, Pt. 5

"The fundamental truth about health care in every country is that national values, national character, determine how each system works." Prof. Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton Professor & Health Care Economist "I think health care is a privilege. I wouldn't call it a right."...

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