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On School Reform Michelle Rhee and Democracy
On Tuesday Sam Seder and I had a brief discussion during his daily web broadcast The Majority Report that touched on some points I made in my post here last week The Empty Rhetoric of School "Reform" (with broken links fixed – my apologies). We ventured into other...
The Lesson Of The 2010 Election Was Jobs Not Cuts
What was the lesson of the 2010 election? Since the election conservatives and the DC opinion elite have been claiming that the public voted for budget cuts. But before the election they ran ad after ad saying Dems cut your Medicare and didn't provide jobs. Now every...
The Truth About Tax & Spend Conservatism Pt 2
Like I said earlier, the truth about "Tax & Spend Conservatism" is that it isn't about raising or cutting taxes, but about whose taxes are raised and whose taxes are cut. It's about, as Robert Borsage put it, who gets hit with the tab for the great...
The Truth About Tax & Spend Conservatism Pt 1
Last week, I wrote of strange fiscal shenanigans in the reddest of the red states; like tax increases in Mississippi and increased government spending in Texas. "So," I asked, "why are Texas and Mississippi having serious budget problems? And why are...
Stiglitz Common Sense Pierces the Budget Hysteria
Common sense is an endangered species in today’s budget frenzy. Inside the Beltway, millions of dollars have gone into a concerted campaign to elevate hysteria about deficits, in an effort to roll Congress into deep cuts in entitlement programs. On the right, the Tea...
IMPORTANT Call Now To Save Social Security
Today is a national call-in day to let Senators know that there is support for keeping Social Security out of the budget debate. Here are some facts. Social Security cannot borrow, so it does not contribute to the deficit. In fact, working people have been paying a...
Progressive Breakfast - 3/30/2011
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: Social Security...
Ezra Klein Is Right About Social Security Wrong About The Threat
Ezra Klein has a prominently displayed piece in the Washington Post this morning, entitled The Pro-Social Security case for Social Security reform. He takes to task liberals most committed to Social Security for being unwilling to “reform” Social Security out of fear...
Flooding The Market
Last week I said that the current budget debate comes down to two competing messages: The Republicans need to convince the people that the way boost the economy and create jobs is to eliminate the deficit. The Democrats need to convince people that the way to...
Tuesday and Wednesday Call To Save Social Security
Call Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday! The following is from the Strengthen Social Security coalition, of which Campaign for America's Future is part: We need you to call your Senators and demand that they vote for the Sanders/Reid Social Security Protection...
