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Progressive Breakfast - 8/13/2010
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. Voters: Don't Cut Retirement...
Wells Fargo Overdraft Scam Makes Elizabeth Warren More Important Than Ever
A landmark court ruling on Wells Fargo's outrageous overdraft scam has the potential to return hundreds of millions of dollars in stolen funds to consumers all over the country. But like many of the banking scandals from the past decade, there's more to the story than...
Republicans and the "Left" Agree: Defending Social Security is a Political Winner
Here are two numbers that should warm the heart of anyone who wants to end sectarian bickering and build a bipartisan consensus for change: 68% of likely voters polled believe that we should not cut Social Security and Medicare to reduce the deficit. 60% of...
Social Security – A Divide Between DC And The Rest Of Us
The DC-elite think that "the responsible thing to do" is to cut Social Security benefits. The public who they are supposed to represent overwhelmingly thinks that Social Security is one of the few remaining lifelines and must not be cut. The public strongly favors...
China Currency Manipulation - Still A Big Issue
After all the noise and fluff about China letting its currency float, and the Obama administration deciding not to declare China a currency manipulator, is turning out to be just noise and fluff. And our trade deficit just grows, outsourcing our jobs and our economic...
American Opinion: Rebuild America, Don't Sack It
"I still believe that this will be largely a referendum on the administration's policies," said Senator John Cornyn of Texas, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, explaining why the primary successes of wingnut tea-party conservatives may not hurt...
Progressive Breakfast: Social Security Cutters, Watch Out
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 sec Major Social Security Poll To Be Released...
Progressive Breakfast - 8/12/2010
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 sec Major Social Security Poll To Be Released...
If We Put 10 Million Americans Back to Work That Social Security "Shortfall" Would Disappear
There's a great deal of alarmist talk these days about the fact that Social Security won't be adding to its surplus this year. Instead it will call in some interest payments (and possibly other monies, too) on the money Uncle Sam borrowed from its fund. (When a rich...
Our Growth Is Outsourced, Like Our Jobs
In the news today, a familiar story: imports increased, exports declined. About $50 billion in one month alone. The trade gap isn't just costing jobs, it's a significant factor in the slow recovery as well. See below. In 2005, when we were halfway down to where we...
