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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...
Fukushima USA Hell or High Water
SoSome politicians are so determined to serve their corporate patrons that even disasters like Fukushima can't lessen their anti-government zeal. The expression for that kind of determination is "Come hell or high water." Now, thanks to deregulation and government...
External Shock Happens
The Calculated Risk blog takes a survey of all the bad news that could hit the economy, in Crisis Fatigue? Make a list, (click through for details, etc.) • Risks from the earthquake in Japan. • Higher oil prices and a possible supply shock. • U.S. Housing Crisis. •...
