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Young Guns Half-Cocked
A few things become clear upon picking up Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders, the new book by Republican House members Paul Ryan, Eric Cantor and Kevin McCarthy. First, "young" is apparently a relative term in the GOP. Second, a better title might...
Wall Street Wrecked The Economy Not Big Government
Over at bloggingheads, my CAF colleague Bill Scher discusses the new international banking standards with Conn Carroll, a conservative blogger for The Heritage Foundation. Carroll actually agrees with a lot of what I have to say about Basel III, but I he draws...
Progressive Breakfast - 9/21/2010
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. Deficit Commissioner Says Don't Cut...
Progressive Breakfast Debt Commish Member Says Dont Cut Yet
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. Deficit Commissioner Says Don't Cut...
Who Will March For Patricia Reid
What do you say to a person with a story like the one of suburban Seattle resident Patricia Reid, the unemployed 57-year-old profiled in The New York Times on Monday? ...[F]our years after losing her job she cannot, in her darkest moments, escape a nagging thought:...
Obama Needs Congress Help On China Currency
President Obama, speaking to a CNBC town hall on the economy today, China 's currency is valued lower than market conditions would say it should be. That means they can sell stuff cheaper here, and our stuff, when we try to sell there, is more expensive. So it gives...
The Recessions Over The Emergency Isnt
According to a flurry of headlines today, a panel of economists just announced that "the recession's over." Is that true? Yes. Does that mean we're no longer in a crisis, or that steps to fix the economy aren't as urgently needed as they were before? Absolutely not....
An American Prospect
Two new government reports illustrate the complex and troubling state of opportunity in America, but also the right way forward. The first set of data, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, found that the gender pay gap is at a historic low, with women earning almost 83¢...
Obama Challenges Tea Party To Propose Cuts 300 Economists Have Some Ideas
Earlier today at presidential town hall hosted by CNBC, President Barack Obama called on Tea Party leader to offer more than anger: The challenge I think for the Tea Party movement is to identify specifically what you would do. It's not enough just to say, "get...
Progressive Breakfast The Poor Poor Rich
Angry Rich Dig In To Protect Their Tax Cut Windfalls Treas. Sec. Geithner makes small biz pitch for letting Bush tax cuts expire on the wealthiest, in USA Today interview: "What everybody agrees on is, we should extend what we call the middle-class tax cuts. But they...
