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A Ghost from a Ghastly Public Policy Past
House budget-cutters are taking their inspiration from the greatest giveaway — to the rich — artist the nation's capital has ever known. You won’t find many photos with smiles on the face of Andrew Mellon, the U.S. treasury secretary back in the 1920s. The...
They Created The Deficits It Isnt ABOUT Deficits
"Watch what we do, not what we say" -- famous quote from a Nixon official, explaining that they make up the stuff they say to distract and divert people from understanding what they are doing. They say they are trying to cut deficits. They are doing something else...
No One Wants A Shutdown Except Republicans
Since the election the entire Republican structure, from the bottom to the top, has been rejoicing that they are in a position to shut down the government again. Their radio and TV and blogs and articles and speeches have been talking demanding a shutdown,...
Paul Ryan & Welfare Reforms Catastrophic Success
When conservatives start talking "welfare reform," progressives usually respond one of two ways. We either: (a) start inching towards the exits; or (b) stand in open-mouthed wonder, asking one another "Wait, they're not serious, right?" Oh, they're...
Gut Or Shut -- Is America Ready
Republicans are saying they are going to either gut the government or shut it down. They mean it. It's gut or shut, and they are not going to allow a third choice. This is not just posturing and they are not likely to engage in bipartisan bargaining. Their rhetoric...
Move Over Chamber of Commerce Meet TheMiddleClassorg [VIDEO]
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Editor's Note: Yesterday, Campaign for America's Future Co-Director Roger Hickey joined MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan to discuss the re-launch of TheMiddleClass.org and its breaking analysis of the...
TheMiddleClassorg Rates The Ryan Budget Plan Thumbs Way Down
TheMiddleClass.org, the website that evaluates legislation and congressional votes based on their impact on middle-class people, is being officially reintroduced today with a scathing indictment of the House Republican budget proposal for fiscal year 2012 drafted by...
Progressive Breakfast - 4/8/2011
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: TheMiddleClass.org...
GOP Offers No Death Panels Just Death From Lack of Care
Republicans concocted death panels in an attempt to terrify Americans about health care reform, then propagated the lie because they wanted insurance corporations to profit from illness and injury unfettered. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed...
What the President Should Have Said About JT Henderson - and All the Other Real People
Last night the President took a lofty, almost disinterested stance regarding budget deadlock in Congress. He seemed to chastise Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner equally, focusing on the consequences of a shutdown and ignoring the...
