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Mr 1 Percent Doesnt Need Medicare How Nice For Him

Mitt Romney is down South, trying to win votes in the Alabama and Mississippi Republican primaries. So, I will respond as a Southerner to Romney's announcement that he won't be enrolling in Medicare, because he's worth $150-to-$200 million and doesn't need it: Well,...

Workers Of The World – Pay Attention

There’s something happening here. What it is is becoming clear. There’s a company blocking a union over there, and that’s telling you you’ve got to beware. Breaking unions strikes deep. Back to your country it will creep. It starts when they pay low wages and exploit...

Tea Party Budget Plans Don’t Make Political Sense

Originally posted on Capital Gains and Games. The big federal budget news from last week was that, pushed by their tea party wing, House Republicans were seriously considering a fiscal 2013 budget resolution that proposed to cut appropriations below the levels agreed...

Progressive Breakfast - 3/13/2012

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Romney Backer:...

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