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The Voters Speak Analysis of the CAF-Democracy Corps Election Eve Poll
1994 was dubbed the “bloodbath.” Bush called 2006 a “thumpin.” 2010 will clearly be remembered as a “shellacking,” the president’s term for an election rout in which Republican picked up over 60 seats in the House, a record for post-World War II elections. Republicans...
Video Clip Discussing Blue Dogs Banks and Social Security on MSNBC Live
I found a clip of yesterday's MSNBC appearance purely by accident. It had been posted by one of those automated advertising websites that scour the Internet for clips related to their product line, which in this case was - I kid you not - "Senior Dog Health Problems."...
SimpsonBowles A Predawn Raid on the Middle Class
The following was co-written with Roger Hickey. Wednesday, the Presidential Deficit Commission's co-chairs released a radically right-wing budget proposal. They acted without any prior announcement, just three weeks before the entire Commission was scheduled to...
Pillage and Plunder Alert -- Deficit Commission Gets Underway
Watch out, they’re coming. After an election cycle in which Republicans worked themselves into a lather in an attempt to convince voters that the deficit was the source of all their economic woes, the political elites and their Bankster backers are coming for...
Hey Were Gonna Balance the Budget But Seriously Folks
Heard any good jokes lately? This headline was making the Internet rounds yesterday: "Sen. Conrad: Extend All Tax Cuts; Time to Get 'Serious' About Deficit." It's easy to see the humor in that. It's almost like saying you're serious about saving money but don't want...
Progressive Breakfast - 11/12/2010
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. Simpson-Bowles Plan Slammed,...
Ten Reasons the Social Security Proposal of the Fiscal Commission Co-Chairs
We're working with some of the best state-level bloggers from around the country to help us tell the truth about key economic and social policy issues, and to draw the contrast between the rhetoric of the right and the progressive alternative. Please visit our CAF...
Third World America: Reagan Revolution Drags Us Down
The recession ended in June, 2009? What? Seriously? No one told the millions of unemployed. And last week we got more bad news: 44 million of us living in poverty, and that was last year, before unemployment and COBRA subsidies started running out for the unemployed,...
To Lift The Economy Lift Wages
To lift the economy, we have to lift wages. Increased wages will restore demand. The changes that will increase wages will help restore democracy. The social contract used to be that citizens in our democracy share the benefits of our economy through increased wages...
Reagan Revolution Home To Roost: America Drowning In Debt
“Watch what we do, not what we say.” (Famous Republican advice.) The Reagan Revolution was first and foremost about cutting the taxes paid by the rich and corporations. Now, almost 30 years later, the United States of America is drowning in debt. And that is exactly...
