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Progressives Have The Winning Argument On Jobs
This headline in The Washington Post earlier this week—House Republicans try to steer focus back to jobs—(after guess who took the focus off of jobs) highlights how silly the silly season has gotten for the right in Washington, but it also is a sign that even the...
Desperation Row
Originally posted at UnemployedWorkers.Org. Far too many American workers, stricken by the plague of long-term unemployment, find themselves at a place that now exists just off of 'Main Streets' in big cities, small towns and rural communities across the...
GOP Jobs Forum Wednesday NPR Emergency Thursday
Today, Politico reported that congressional Republicans are actually aware that they are failing to convince the electorate that they have a strategy to create jobs. But they appear to think they only have a communication problem: National Republican Senatorial...
99 And Counting On Wisconsin
As a progressive, sometimes I almost feel that I should say "Thank you" to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Not for what he's trying to do to Wisconsin, but for energizing the progressive movement, and motivating the Democrat's base in a way that many of us...
GOP Bait and Switch on Jobs
The House Republicans have developed a track record of bait and switch when it comes to their approach to job creation. Last week, House Republican leadership released a PowerPoint by Congressman Paul Ryan that they are using to educate the Republican Caucus on...
Who Gets Hit With the Tab for the Great Recession
Governor Scott Walker and a gaggle of Republican governors assault the right of workers to bargain collectively in states across the country. Teachers get laid off as school budgets are cut across the country. Colleges hike tuitions and shut down course offerings....
Cutting Government Creates Jobs Like Cutting Taxes Increases Revenue
A "report" from Republican staff of the Joint Economic Committee says that the path to job creation is cutting ... the very things that create jobs. This is like saying that cutting taxes increases revenue. We know how that worked out, and the job-consequences of...
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: Spending Cuts...
Progressive Breakfast - 3/18/2011
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: Spending Cuts...
Our Biggest Export JPMorgan Chase Is Socially Harmful and Too Big to Fail in Japan Too
Jamie's going to Japan. Dealbreaker has a memo from JPMorgan Chase's senior executive in Japan which says CEO Jamie Dimon is on his way: "Colleagues from around the globe are heading here to pitch in. In addition to Jamie, we will be seeing ... others who are now...
