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Don't Let Them Push Social Security Off The Fiscal Cliff

They call it the "fiscal cliff," but it's Social Security that's going to be pushed over it, unless we speak out now. The forces of austerity in Washington are using the prospect of automatic spending cuts and tax increases at the end of the year to pressure Congress...

Demonizing The Poor: It's What's For Dinner

This is awful, but I expect it happens every day and is only getting worse with the GOP assault on the "parasites": Cindy Nerger of Warner Robins, Ga., said she and her husband aren't proud when they use their food stamp debit card to buy groceries. "I felt shy when I...

HuffPost Live Video Discussion on "The Radical Rich"

The Huffington Post's new online video component is called HuffPost Live. This week we did a segment, hosted by Alyona Minkovski, based on my piece on the Romney vide, called "The Radical Rich." The other panelists were Anthony Badami, who is Senior Associate and...

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: No Grand Bargain Without Jobs Trigger OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "The presidential candidates and Congress should be pressed to adopt a budget version of the 'jobs trigger.' Putting people back to work is the first step to getting our books in...

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