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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...
Decoding the Payroll Tax Debate [radio interview - KPFK]
This morning I appeared on KPFK's Uprising program with Sonali Kolhatkar to discuss the "payroll tax holiday" debate now going in the Senate. There's a lot of confusion around this issue. For one thing, the general public always struggles to understand numbers,...
The Long Game Payroll Taxes Hostage-Taking and Social Security
Yesterday Thom Hartmann and I discussed the proposal to extend and expand what Democrats have called the 'payroll tax holiday.' (Video is below.) There are no heroes in this debate, but there are certainly villains. There are several different ways this could end -...
That Other Economic Plan
Lest we forget, there is an alternative. If it weren't for Rand worshipping lunatics and corporate lackeys, this is what would be done: Restore the American Dream for the 99% Act Background After repeated efforts by conservative Washington politicians to reenact the...
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: The Forgotten...
Progressive Breakfast - 12/14/2011
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 Forgotten...
Republican Joke Bill Reveals Weak Hand On Payroll Tax Cut
Congressional Republicans have been in disarray since the President cranked up the pressure to extend the payroll tax cut before it expires this month, with some leaders swearing that Republicans really really would like to extend it but not if it means...
The Forgotten Leading Actor In The American Dream Story
When Newt Gingrich maligned our "truly stupid" child labor laws and suggested that children 14 and under be put to work cleaning their schools, he sparked the outrage the former House speaker relishes. Less attention was paid to the other casualty of his proposition:...
Republican Payroll Tax Gamesmanship Risks A Government Shutdown
Congressional Republicans know what must be done. If they do not act in good faith, millions of workers will face a significant hit in their paychecks once a temporary payroll tax reduction expires, and several million long-term unemployment people will lose their...
