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Coming Around
Here's some more good news, sort of, from Greg Sargent; Yes, the ground is shifting on the debt ceiling — big time. From the new Washington Post/ABC News poll: More than eight in 10 — including 80 percent of Republicans — say there will be serious harm to the U.S....
The Gang of Sixs Raw Deal
The backroom Senate gang of five or six (its membership changing over time) released a plan yesterday that swept through the Washington. It got the support and the opposition of all the right people (the President carefully called it “broadly consistent with the...
What Can The US Learn From A High-Wage Export Powerhouse Like Germany
Both the U.S. and Germany are high-wage economies with a substantial union workforce. However, Germany is an export powerhouse, while the U.S. runs massive annual trade deficits. Why is this the case? Washington Post columnist Harold Meyerson suggests that...
Progressive Breakfast - 7/25/2011
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: Discredited S&P...
A Tip for Joe the Machinist Better Watch Your Back
Corporate America, advises one of the nation's most prestigious management consulting companies, needs to wake up and stop rewarding employee loyalty and performance. With one exception. You work hard. You do good work. You loyally stick with your employer through...
Young People Not Joining The Right-Wing Attack On Social Security
There's a common misconception that young people simply do not care about Social Security. But research by pollster Celinda Lake of Lake Research Partners shows precisely the opposite. “The younger you are, the more opposed you are to raising the age of retirement,”...
Is Enforcement Bad For Business Mr Banker Boehners Boysll Fix That For Ya Permanent-Like
Psst! Hey, you! Yeah, you, in the expensive suit. Listen, Mr. Banker, are you worried that a little oversight and enforcement might be bad for business? I hear ya. I really do. But listen ... hey, come a little closer, pal. I won't bite ya! I got an offer and I don't...
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: Dodd-Frank, One...
Progressive Breakfast - 7/22/2011
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: Dodd-Frank, One...
On The Anniversary Of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Fights Back And American Families Fight To Survive
Three years ago this summer, the flood tide of Wall Street recklessness began to overtop the weakened levees of restraint erected decades ago to protect our nation from financial disaster. By the fall of 2008, the economy was drowning in a sea of recession, with...
