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WHO Specifically Blocked Millionaire Surtax
The public overwhelmingly wants taxes on the 1% increased to help pay for things that help the 99% and our economy. But the Senate was prevented from even voting on this. This was a filibuster. A minority that represents the 1% was able to block something demanded by...
Policy By Ego
Many of the big supporters of the Health Care reform have said that the idea was to eventually apply apply its logic to Medicare. That is, that Medicare would eventually be a subsidy system with "choice" among private insurers and perhaps a public option (as long as...
Conservatives Dont Want To Fix Poverty
James Thwinda has a great post up at In These Times about "Why Conservatives Can't Fix Poverty." He zeroes in on Newt Gingrich as the prime example of the contemporary conservative approach to poverty, debunks the right's "distorted characterization of poor people,"...
Progressive Breakfast - 12/15/2011
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: The Edu-Bubble...
What Happens When The Edu-Bubble Bursts
Heard the term "edu-bubble" yet? Chances are you will soon. No doubt you've heard of the "dot-com bubble." And if you're like millions of Americans, you may be currently experiencing the ravages of the "housing bubble." But the edu-bubble? During the dot-com bubble,...
Progressive Caucus Challenge Lets Talk Serious Economic Recovery
While the rest of Congress is arguing over how to continue a payroll tax cut that will not dramatically improve the economy over the next year, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus planned to introduce legislation today that its leaders assert would create...
Restore the American Dream for the 99 Percent
Today, the Congressional Progressive Caucus showed their colleagues on the right in what a real jobs bill looks like. And if Republicans still don't get it, the folks over at Change Nation took the extra step of literally drawing a picture for them. Visit the link to...
How To Create 5 Million Jobs In Two Years
Congress could this week enact legislation, if it chose to, that would create more than 5 million jobs in the economy over the next two years. That works out to more than 208,000 jobs a month, well above the average of 132,000 jobs a month that have been created over...
Speaker Boehner Just a Regular Guy Who Only Backs Millionaires and Billionaires
This morning at the Newseum House Speaker John Boehner was asked by Politico's Mike Allen if he could produce any small business owner whose lives would face an impact if a millionaire surtax became law. Allen cited NPR’s Tamara Keith who couldn't find anyone in...
The GOP Payroll Tax Plan Does So Stink
No doubt Republicans know the fight over extending the payroll tax is one they could lose. Thus, they've pivoted away from opposing the extension, and have presented a plan of their own — one that Timothy Noah says the Democrats should be willing to work with because...
