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100% Pure Wall Street Astroturf
Astroturf is the term for manufacturing an artificial appearance of grassroots concern about an issue. The idea is to pump a bunch of money into a PR campaign that makes it look like there is public support for something, to either make politicians think the public...
Ben Bernanke Thinks We Are Idiots
Ben Bernanke Thinks We Are Idiots Or that we have the attention span of a tadpole. Or he mistakenly read a speech written in 2006 when Alan Greenspan was still the Maestro. In a speech in Tokyo yesterday, Federal Reserve Chair Bernanke warned that central banks must...
Teacher Layoffs Loom Nationwide, DC Restaurants Humming, Jobs & Justice
Some say that "government can't create jobs." Others respond "unemployed people can't create votes." Meanwhile, conservatives, whose policies put so many people out of work, now say unemployed people are lazy and should not be collecting unemployment benefits....
Progressive Breakfast - 5/26/2010
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. Not Enough Votes In Senate To...
Congress, Get To Work: America Needs Jobs
The change agenda at America's Future NOW!
China Dialogue - No Currency Agreement
The US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue has concluded. It is remarkable for two countries to engage in a dialog such as this, and efforts like this to constructively manage differences can both help keep conflict from arising and help both countries achieve...
Traded-In: These "Used" Senators Sold Out the Troops For Auto Dealer Cash
If you have a yellow "Support Our Troops" sticker on your car - or even if you don't - you should know the name of the Senators who just traded in our troops, their families, and our military readiness for the easy cash offered by auto dealers. There's no rational...
Progressive Breakfast: Focus On Jobs Gets Blurry
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. Jobs Bill Vote Delayed As Leaders...
Progressive Breakfast - 5/25/2010
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. Jobs Bill Vote Delayed As Leaders...
Video Interview: Scott Paul of AAM on China Dialogue
Today I was able to conduct a short webcam interview with Scott Paul, Executive Director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing. The occasion is this week's Us-China Strategic and Economic Dialog taking place in Beijing. This dialog is a series of meetings between...
