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Racial Discrimination by Banks is Worsening the Foreclosure Crisis
Is there a house in your neighborhood that everybody hates to walk past? You know, the one with broken and boarded up windows, trash left to gather on the lawn, and grass so overgrown it’s becoming a habitat for rodents?
If you have a house like that in your community, you know it’s more than just an eyesore.
Make Mitt Pay His Fair Share
We have a lot of work to do in America: jobs to create, infrastructure to build, clean energy to generate, homeowners to save, teachers to hire and student debt to retire.
Reagan Appeals For Buffett Rule Passage
There's a lot of discussion right now about the "Buffett Rule." This is the proposed tax rule that says people who make more than $1 million a year should at least pay as much of
A Silver Bullet That Would End Secret Tax-Exempt Money in Elections
No doubt about it, large unlimited donations are flowing into SuperPACs from rich individuals and corporations aimed at influencing who is elected at all levels of government in 2012.
Why Do So Many Elites Hate Social Security
This week there was another big attack on Social Security by another elite. This time the attack comes from an elite columnist, other times it comes from Wall Street types, wealthy CEOs or the kind of politicians that have been in DC way too long. These attacks never come from people who depend on these programs (i.e.
Is There A Stealth Tax Increase For Working-Class People In The Republican Budget
What the Republican budget proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan doesn't say is in many respects more ominous than what it says—and on taxes, perhaps more indicative of the truth.
Progressive Breakfast - 4/11/2012
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: DeMarco Sits While Homeowners Drown
Progressive Breakfast
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: DeMarco Sits While Homeowners Drown
New Bank Super PAC Discussed On Thom Hartmann Show
I was on the Thom Hartmann TV show Big Picture last night, discussing a new banker Super PAC.
If You Voted For The Bush Tax Plan (35) You Have No Excuse For Killing The Buffett Rule (30)
When George W. Bush accepted the nomination for President at the 2000 Republican National Convention, he declared: "On principle, no one in America should have to pay more than a third of their income to the federal government."
