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A Dream A Lie Or Something Worse
Given what I've been writing for the past few years about upward mobility and the state of "the American Dream," it doesn't come as a surprise to me that downward mobility is the trend that seems likely to dominate the next decade — especially if Washington...
10 Years Of Capital Gains Tax Cuts Proves Rich Win You Lose
Why are "capital gains" taxes so much lower than taxes on other income? The reason capital gains taxes are lower is because most of the income of the rich is from capital gains. And the reason most of the income of the rich is from capital gains is because capital...
Rick Perrys Honest Social Security Oped Dishonestly Leaves Out His Belief That Its Unconstitutional
Presidential candidate Rick Perry has an oped about Social Security in USA Today ludicrously titled, "I am going to be honest with the American people." It is ludicrous because the goal of the oped is to lie to the public and suggest he thinks Social Security should...
The Catalyzing Event
I'm not going to write a remembrance of 9/11. David did a lovely one this morning and I have nothing of substance to add to it. Like everyone else, I remember what I felt and thought on that day with crystal clarity and I'll never forget it. I had nightmares for years...
Progressive Breakfast - 9/12/2011
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: Plutocracy With A...
A Noun a Verb and 911
Joe Biden famously said of Rudy Giuliani, "There's only three things he mentions in a sentence -- a noun, a verb, and 9/11. There's nothing else! There's nothing else!" Great line. But this is not a day to talk about Joe Biden or Rudy Giuliani. But it is a day for...
Plutocracy with a Philanthropic Face
Not all plutocrats scheme in the shadows like the rabidly right-wing Koch brothers. We need to learn how to recognize plutocracy's more subtle putches. The best primer? The battle over education's future. “Plutocracy” first burst big-time into our national political...
The GOP Neither Puts Up Nor Shuts Up
Well, he did it. President Obama went big. Big for him, anyway. While the presidents plan isn't bold enough to satisfy many progressives, he accomplished something that may cause Republicans some regret if they fail to realize it and the president presses his...
Contagion In Rick Perrys Texas
I've just purchased tickets to see the new movie "Contagion," about a mysterious virus that spreads with deadly havoc around the globe. But after reading this article by the Los Angeles Times, I'm realizing that the real health horror story is not coming from...
The New GOP Anti-Kids Anti-Jobs Anti-Business and Anti-Republican
This is not your father's (or mother's) GOP. During a time of national crisis, the President has submitted an urgently-needed jobs bill that is well within the mainstream for Republicans as well as Democrats. But today's Republicans are a new breed, dedicated not to...
