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Pension Gimmicks Blamed On Workers

The student loan deal is badly needed. It should have just been extended - duh! But the 1 percenters took it hostage and demanded their pound of flesh before We, the People can preserve even this little bit of what we do for ourselves. So as part of the "sweetener"...

Sign Krugman's 'Manifesto For Economic Sense'

Economists Paul Krugman and Richard Layard, the latter of the London School of Economics, today posted a "Manifesto for Economic Sense" that lays out a sound framework for reviving the global economy. "I’ve been arguing for a long time that policy makers have...

The Basics Of The Ruling

In plain English, from Scotusblog: Amy Howe: In Plain English: The Affordable Care Act, including its individual mandate that virtually all Americans buy health insurance, is constitutional. There were not five votes to uphold it on the ground that Congress could use...

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: Leaving Us To The Mercy Of The Insurance Companies OurFuture.org's Roger Hickey, quoted in Talking Points Memo: "If they throw out major portions of the reform the most important thing for Dems to talk about right now is how Republicans and the Court...

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