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Jobs Crisis In Real World Just Not In DC
Who is our economy for? Who is our government for? For 30 years we have been undergoing a transition from "We, the People" democratic government to a plutocracy run by and for the wealthy. One indicator of this transition is the way the DC Elite respond to...
The Tea Party as the GOPs Psycho Ex-Girlfriend in 2012
Much as I loathe the woman, I'm hearing stuff that almost makes me consider donning a "Palin in 2012" button. Not because I want to see her elected (*shudder*). And not out of morbid curiosity But because of what her candidacy could do to the election — and...
Progressive Breakfast - 2/3/2011
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: Jobs Crisis In...
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: Jobs Crisis In...
Would Somebody Tell The Senate That Simpson-Bowles Was A Bust
After President Obama declined to embrace any specific recommendation from the Simpson-Bowles proposal that originated in his deficit commission, you might have thought that the plan would be buried for good, But key senators won't let it die the death the public...
Fraudclosure Will State AGs Step Up to Their Moment in History
Rumor has it that the 50 state attorney general investigation into the Fraudclosure scandal is wrapping up. It's time for a backbone check. Will the state attorneys general just ask the big banks and service providers to turn over a chunk of change from seemingly...
Progressive Breakfast - 2/2/2011
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Exporting Our...
Let No Crisis Go to Waste The Conservative Version
Steve Forbes, former presidential candidate, and editor in chief of Forbes Magazine argues from this "Greece/Ireland-like crisis battering local U.S. governments" that "a lot of good may come." He lists the opportunities that misery creates for conservatives. It's an...
What GEs Immelt Brings to Administration
"A third group of companies simply seems to have become expert at avoiding taxes. When the three accounting professors analyzed more than 2,000 companies, they found big variations in tax rates within almost every subset of companies. Companies in the same industry...
Afghanistans Too Big to Fail Bank Is Failing Guess Our System Doesnt Work There Either
The collapse of Afghanistan's largest bank will seem familiar to Americans, and so will the upcoming reports of its bailout. We've heard the story before: Unheeded warnings. Lax (or nonexistent) law enforcement. An American auditor who said nothing as the books...
