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AIG Redux Wall Street Presses Regulators To Repeal New Derivatives Rules
It's been pretty well-documented that the ultimate fate of Wall Street reform will depend on a series of highly technical proceedings at federal regulatory agencies. If regulators adopt tough new rules, the financial overhaul could succeed well beyond the expectations...
Progressive Breakfast - 10/28/2010
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. No Conservative Mandate Any GOP...
Galbraith on Social Security Its the Economy Stupid
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...
The Battle Over Social Security in FL-08
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...
Vote For Health Care
Still looking for a reason to vote? Here's a three word answer: health care reform. I'm not sure why Democrats aren't running on it, but it's a big step towards "change we can believe in" — the kind that some 66,882,230 (53% of the popular vote...
As Wall Street Cheers Gridlock We Get Stuck
Wall Street, conventional wisdom has it, likes legislative gridlock. Stock prices tend to go up when Election Day results in the two major parties splitting power. As a USA Today story recently noted, “In the words of many Wall Street analysts and economists: Gridlock...
Annoying Alan Simpson The 310000001th Reason to Vote
Make no mistake: They're not just trying to roll back Social Security. They're trying to dismantle the entire New Deal, piece by piece. There are at least "310,000,000 Reasons to Vote," one for each and every American citizen. But there's also a 310,000,001th reason:...
Progressive Breakfast - 10/27/2010
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. GOP Prepares To Use Budget Ax,...
Progressive Breakfast Measuring Drapes With Lobbyist Rulers
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. GOP Prepares To Use Budget Ax,...
The Fraud in Foreclosure Fraud KPFK Los Angeles Interview
This morning's interview with Sonali Kolhatkar for KPFK's morning program, "Uprising," was worthwhile for me because Sonali was asking exactly the right questions: Where exactly did the "fraud" take place - during the foreclosure process, as these mortgages were being...
