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Does That Proposed Foreclosure Deal Help Main Street or Wall Street A 5-Point Test (updated)
Bankers began whining as soon as word of a proposed mortgage fraud settlement fraud case hit the street, even though it was a pretty sweet deal for them. From the Wall Street Journal: "Banks Bristle at Mortgage-Loan Plan." Even the lightest, most symbolic of penalties...
David Walker And Tom Ridge Slap The Tea Partiers
In a fun-house mirror world in which Tea Party mad-hatters drive the agenda of at least one house of Congress, a Politico op-ed co-authored by former Bush cabinet member Tom Ridge and Peterson Foundation budget-cutting crusader David Walker is what passes for sane...
Budget Cut Job Losses Will Undo 2010 Job Growth
While Congress and the administration -- having just passed huge tax cuts for the wealthy -- fight over which of the things government does for We, the People to cut and by how much, the rest of us are looking at how many of our jobs this will cost. Will it be a cool...
Madoff Talks Is He Right Our TV Interview
Bernie Madoff's talking and we are, too. Here's an interview on RT Television, discussing Madoff's comments about the US government and Wall Street crimes:
Irelands Road To Ruin And Ours
The "Celtic Tiger" — the Irish economy — has clawed its way back from near extinction, according to the Heritage Foundation. The irony is that the things that Heritage praises about Ireland's economy are what drove it to the brink of extinction. The...
Joe Miller Republicans
Rush Limbaugh says the Wisconsin protesters Are "Long-Haired, Maggot-Infested, Dope-Smoking FM Rock 'N' Roller Types. Seriously.And then he told them all to get off his lawn. Whatever. This story in the Awl about Walker's budget speech is masterfully done and it...
Progressive Breakfast - 3/3/2011
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: Conservatives...
The Proposed Foreclosure Fraud Bank Settlement Part 1 Journalistic Failures
There's been a lot of confusion over the last few days about a possible deal with US banks to settle a fifty-state lawsuit over widespread and massive foreclosure fraud. Attorneys general from all the states have been working together, and the latest word is that the...
The Proposed Foreclosure Fraud Bank Settlement Part 2 A Leadership Vacuum
In Part I of this series we discussed the media's failure to accurately report the scope and nature of the banker crime wave around foreclosure fraud, and talked about the confusion over reports that the Administration has proposed a framework for settling the...
Jobs and March Madness
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » March Madness has descended on Washington – and I’m not talking college basketball. With 25 million people in need of full-time work, in...
