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Jobs Report Beyond The Spin A Human Catastrophe
Today's jobs report from the Labor Department should not be spun as positive, even though at a net increase of 117,000 jobs it is better than the Wall Street consensus. While the White House may breathe a sign of relief that the numbers were not lower, one fundamental...
The Pivot To Jobs What Makes It Real
We said it first last week. Now, everyone is catching on: it’s (past) time for Congress and the Administration to pivot to a jobs agenda. While there are already pretty clear indications from recent polls that voters may forgive the gamesmanship on the debt ceiling,...
Stop Blaming Fannie And Freddie For The Financial Crisis
In the six months since the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission’s report was released, a small band of critics—with many congressional Republicans in tow—has labored mightily to undermine the credibility of the FCIC’s work. They have attacked the report, even as its...
Put Bernie On The Super Committee
The immediate impact of the “debt deal” was bad enough: painful cuts without any tax increases for the wealthy. But Phase Two could be much worse--unless we push back hard. A new undemocratic "Super Committee" is charged with finding $1.5 trillion in savings – from...
Progressive Breakfast - 8/4/2011
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: A Republic, If We...
A Republic If We Can We Keep It
Last night, as I lamented the state of America's governance — that we have come to be ruled by a 60-member tea party coalition that, at most, comprises only about 14 percent of the House yet somehow overrules the rest of the House, the Senate and the White House — my...
Deltas Greed Helps Shut Down The FAA
You probably don’t know that another act of hostage-taking by Republicans is underway. They have shut down the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to help Delta Airlines in its battle to keep its workers from voting in a union. This is costing the government $200...
This Fight Is Not Over Take Back The American Dream October 3 to 5
Are you disgusted with a Washington held hostage by right-wing Republicans, putting retirement security, health care, and public investment on the chopping block – and ignoring the jobs crisis? What's it going to take to end the Republican insanity and Democratic...
Republicans Hostage Taking Works
What did Republicans learn from the debt ceiling debacle? All the wrong lessons. Here is Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell gloating about taking the economy "hostage." "I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take...
Stock Market Plunges The Free-Market God Is Angry With His Followers
The American people have just endured a months-long bipartisan battering with words, as politicians and talking heads from both parties insist that they "take their medicine" by enduring severe austerity cuts. Against all evidence, they were told that this would be...
