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The GOP Tax Cuts Are Bad Champagne for Small Business
Mere hours before Congress went into recess last December, Republicans and the high-rollers who bankroll them were popping champagne. Without a single vote from Democrats, they’d finally accomplished with taxes what they failed to do with healthcare: a legislative...
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Trump Wants To Cut Child Health Trump tries to woo conservatives with bid to cut spending. Politico: "The administration had last week planned to send Congress a package of $11 billion in spending reductions. But since then, some conservatives have quietly pushed for...
Small Businesses Tell Us What Works, If We Listen
Imagine a vibrant community with jobs that pay a living wage, hospitals that can meet every community member’s health needs, and 21st-century infrastructure like good public transportation, safe drinking water, and ubiquitous broadband Internet. Sound good? It does to...
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WV, IN, NC, OH Head To Primaries GOP looks for midterm hope in key primaries. Politico: "Ten Republicans will challenge Democrats in Trump states this November. In addition to West Virginia, Republicans will also choose two other Senate nominees Tuesday in crucial...
Mnuchin Flips Tax-Scam Grift, Hopes Nobody Notices
With a little-noticed remark at a friendly event, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discarded his past arguments for the Trump/GOP tax bill. All Mnuchin could offer in their place was one of the oldest and most discredited ideas in the conservative playbook (and...
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AZ Teachers Win Raises, Want More For Schools AZ teachers to receive raises, but their demands were far from met. ThinkProgress: "Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) signed a portion of the budget bill that helps fund teacher raises on Thursday morning, after House lawmakers...
How Inequality Concentrates Talent, Not Just Money
In everything from transportation to banking, people of modest means end up worse off when societies let wealth concentrate at our economic summit.
How Elites Scam Americans Out of Housing
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Ben “I’ve Never Had to Worry about Affording Housing” Carson, wants to triple the rent that low-income American families pay for federally subsidized housing. Yep, this is the same guy who spent $31,000 of taxpayer...
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Teacher Of the Year Challenges Trump On Immigration Teacher of the Year hands Trump messages from young immigrants. WaPo: "Mandy Manning only had a moment with President Trump, but it was all she needed. Manning, the 2018 National Teacher of the Year recipient, had...
The Right Lashes Out at Uprising Teachers
As mass teacher walkouts and protests ebb in Arizona and Colorado, bold new actions are ramping up in North Carolina. This spring's teacher uprisings may well last through the end of this school year. On the whole, teachers across the nation have strung together an...
