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Progressive Breakfast - 3/22/2010
Majority Will Passes Historic Health Care Reforms Senate health care bill clears House with votes to spare. NYT: "House Democrats approved a far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s health system on Sunday, voting over unanimous Republican opposition to provide medical...
The House Makes History: A Strong First Step Toward Health Care for All
The vote Sunday in the House represents an historic accomplishment! The first House vote passes the Senate health care bill. Now, they will quickly pass the reconciliation fix -- Sunday night -- and get the Senate to vote for the House's improvements. Congratulations...
On Government Spending, Deficits, Etc.
There is much worry throughout the land about government spending, borrowing, deficits, debt and similar concerns. Conservatives are loudly declaring that the dollar is in danger, that the country is going bankrupt, etc. and are demanding that spending be cut back. In...
Tackling The Right-Wing Health Care Spin: The Bill Dwight Show Podcast
Yesterday on The Bill Dwight Show, airing on WHMP-AM in Western MA I faced off with local GOP operative Isaac Mass about the pending health care. And I was able to put some persistent right-wing myths to rest about "government takeover," the "Cornhusker Kickback" and...
NUMMI Closing - Resignation
The other day I wrote about the huge impact from California's Toyota NUMMI plant closing, Toyota takes off with a ton of cash, we pay the costs, it's the way the system is set up -- by us. ... When the plant closes the public takes up the costs -- paying unemployment,...
Why Is The Wall Street Journal So Chummy With China?
The Wall Street Journal says the U.S. is “wrong” to protest China’s “fixed yuan-dollar rate.” Their explanation is that many countries adopt a fixed rate, so as to ensure market stability. China is no different… Actually, that’s not true. If it were correct that most...
Financial Reform Deserves a Great Bureaucracy (and There Are Great Bureaucracies)
Recently we wrote that Sen. Chris Dodd's draft financial reform bill would create a "cumbersome bureaucracy." That wasn't an endorsement of a conservative talking point: The operative word was "cumbersome." The Right likes to use the word "bureaucracy" as an epithet,...
Rep. Grayson Demands Release of AIG Materials
Rep. Alan Grayson has written a letter calling for the release of all documents and materials contained on AIG's internal servers. His idea deserves support. US taxpayers rescued AIG and own a majority (79.9%) of its shares. Serious questions remain about the payment...
Financial Reform: It’s the Derivatives, Stupid.
Tricky auto loans didn't cause the financial meltdown on Wall Street. Unscrupulous payday lenders didn't cost taxpayers a $700 billion "troubled asset" bailout. So fussing about whether U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd's financial reform legislation contains an independent...
Progressive Breakfast: Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!
Strong Deficit Reduction Smooths Path To Sunday Health Care Vote House leaders post the health care bill online 72 hours before expected Sunday vote. W. Post: "House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) announced the weekend debate schedule, with a 72-hour march...
