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Making Us Stupid
If you want to know why we are so screwed as a nation, you can probably find a couple of dozen good reasons. But this, I say, is right at the top of the list. From MSNBC, with Chuck Todd filling in for Andrea Mitchell: Richard Stengel, managing editor of TIME...
The New War of Independence - Against Corporate Politics
This is the age of corporatized politics. That means we may admire our leaders, but we can't depend on them. We're paying the price for Thomas Jefferson's unfulfilled desire to "crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to...
How Much Would A Social Security Deal Cost You
How much would you lose in benefits if President Obama makes a deal with the Republicans to cut Social Security? The Administration isn't denying reports that just such a deal is in the works. As the President prepares to meet with Congressional leaders tomorrow, the...
Mandatory E-Verify Would Overwhelm Social Security Administration Increase Disability Backlog
The train of threats to Social Security this year keeps on rolling, this time from the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. The “E-Verify” program threatens to undermine the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the millions of Americans who rely on it....
Indecent and Irresponsible
Seeing as even most liberals are on board with the whole "Stimulus now, but deficit reduction in the future" formulation (leading, unfortunately, to rash proposals to cut Medicare and Social Security in exchange for short term stimulus) this bracing dose of the truth...
Low Taxes On The Rich Could Be Hazardous To Your Economy
Former Wall Street trader and analyst Henry Blodget asks a prescient question about tax rates in his column at Business Insider: "Do low tax rates on rich people actually ruin the economy?" He doesn't answer the question, but he makes an observation that points to a...
Ending The Wars Is Not A Budget Gimmick
Republicans are attacking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's plan to cut $2.7 trillion in spending over 10 years because it reportedly includes $1 trillion in savings from drawing down military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, calling it a budget "gimmick". This is...
Buy American
Take a look at the agenda of the upcoming Take Back The American Dream Conference. There is a session on Tuesday titled, Strategy on State Level for Buy America Campaign. This session will look at ways to trigger state-level procurement rules that say when states use...
Pelosi Says Demand Creates Jobs At Speakout For Good Jobs Event
"The way to create jobs is by paying a living wage to workers, That creates demand. Republicans say jobs from tax cuts for rich people." These were some of the remarks by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi at a Speakout For Good Jobs Tour I attended last night. See the...
Big Ideas To Get America Working Rebuild Our Infrastructure
In the midst of the July heat wave, some Oklahoma City commuters got a nasty surprise as they drove down Interstate 44 one morning: an expansion joint on a 36-year-old bridge buckled. Several vehicles were damaged as they drove across the broken joint before repair...
