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Dont Make Us Work Till We Die
There was a time on this country when We, the People were in charge, and our government worked for us. Through our government we did things for each other and for our economy, and when we had economic success we paid back toward more such investment. Things are...
Work Til You Die The Alternate American Reality - and the Reality
A new video was released today by the folks at Strengthen Social Security to highlight the absurdity of today’s political debate about "entitlement programs," and specifically to address proposals that would raise the retirement age. Social Security and Medicare have...
Taking On The Republican Budget At A Town Hall Near You
With Congress in recess, members of Congress are holding town hall meetings all across the country. That makes now a good opportunity to tell your congressman or senator what is on your mind about jobs, the economy, health care, taxes—and most importantly, 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: When Moderation...
Progressive Breakfast - 4/21/2011
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: When Moderation...
When Moderation Fails Part 1 Simpson & Bowles Standard & Poors and Ezra Klein
Historians of the future may one day write that the death of the New Deal began this year. If so, it goes without saying that corrupt forces like the Chamber of Commerce will be a big part of the story. So will billionaire ideologues like Pete Peterson, and greedy...
Found The Secret 12-Point Plan To Sell Pro-Wealth Policies To The Middle Class
It's almost like they had a plan. The right-wing has been trying to dismantle the New Deal since its inception, but after decades of failure it's found a new path to success. They're already persuaded quite a few Democrats to support the first steps toward dismantling...
The American Dream Deferred Pt 1
Langston Hughes once asked, "What happens to a dream deferred?"; a rhetorical question answered with still more questions. The current economic crisis raises a similar question: What's happened to the American Dream? According to a recent survey, less than...
Rep Bachmann Announces Support For Raising Taxes On The Poor and Middle-Class [VIDEO]
Today on ABC's Good Morning America, House Tea Party Caucus founder Rep. Michele Bachmann explicitly voiced what many conservatives only mutter under their breath. She's for raising taxes ... just only on the poor and the middle-class. When asked by ABC's George...
State Legislators Continue Holding The Unemployed Hostage
The following was originally published at UnemployedWorkers.org Legislators in several states have recently displayed a shameful eagerness to hold unemployment benefits hostage as a means of enacting measures to advance an anti-middle-class agenda and undermine key...
