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The Subprime Swindle And The Foreclosure Fraud Cover-Up
There are plenty of reasons why the foreclosure fraud crisis sweeping the nation's housing market is an economic disaster. Banks are charging borrowers illegal fees, kicking the wrong people out of their homes and even hiring thugs to illegally break into houses. But...
The Health-Care Ad Wars Corporate-Funded Propaganda vs Jack Black
Discrediting corporate-funded right-wing smears remains the greatest challenge to advancing progressive change. Health Care For America Now's new campaign Stop Spewman starring Jack Black is off to a fantastic start. It's always important to do the tedious work of...
Progressive Breakfast - 10/12/2010
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. No Foreclosure Freeze WH resists...
Progressive Breakfast Foreclosure Freeze On Ice
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 Foreclosure Freeze WH resists...
How Tax Cuts For The Rich Made Corporations Predatory
America used to have a top tax rate of around 90%. This meant that after a person earned a lot of money in a year, additional income beyond that amount was taxed at the higher rate. Back then government worked a lot better. We didn't have deficits, the schools and...
Recovery Why Our CEOs Dont Give a Hoot
Over recent decades, recoveries from U.S. recessions have become steadily weaker and weaker. Over these same decades, executive pay has been steadily soaring. Could these two trends be somehow related? Shocking new economic realities don’t suddenly jump up onto...
To Counter Currency Manipulation Rally Some Allies
Japan, no economic small fry, challenged China last month. The conclusion of the dispute is a cautionary tale for countries confronting China about currency manipulation. In September, Japan seized a Chinese trawler captain after his boat collided with two Japanese...
Honoring Common Causes John Gardner Now Its The Citizens Turn
These remarks were delivered at a dinner in Washington commemorating the 40th anniversary of Common Cause on October 6, 2010.Thank you for inviting me to join in this 40th anniversary of Common Cause. Your founder, John Gardner, profoundly influenced my life and I...
Too-Big-For-Paperwork Fixing Wall Streets Foreclosure Fraud Disaster
Anybody looking for a primer explaining why the current foreclosure fraud issue is a major systemic risk for the financial system should check out Mike Konczal's new post for the Roosevelt Institute. I'm going to try and simplify it even further here, and present the...
Conservative Policy = Bad Jobs Report
The September jobs report is out and conservatives got exactly what they wanted: less government, less stimulus, less aid to states, less help for small businesses, less infrastructure investment, less help for the unemployed and ... a bad jobs report. Conservatives...
