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Sen. McConnell, If We're Really Spending Too Much, Why Can't You Say What You'd Cut?
As the details of the President's budget proposal were surfaced, the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on CNN, "Nobody thinks raising taxes in the middle of a recession is a good idea ... I think the problem is we spend too much." Put aside for a moment that...
Rigging the Rules: The Next Corporate Sting
The president's budget will trigger a new battle over America's direction. It contains many sensible proposals. But hidden in it is the next corporate sting: a massive tax break for multinationals. Here is how the rules get rigged.
Progressive Breakfast - 2/1/2010
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. $100B Jobs Plan In New White House...
Small Businesses Defy Chamber, Support Financial Reform
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is spending millions of dollars in an over-the-top campaign to turn small business owners against strong financial reforms in general and the creation of a consumer financial protection agency in particular, But one poll indicates that the...
At Davos 2010, Some Tough Talk on Greed
Labor leaders at last week's Alpine assembling of global bankers and CEOs came with a simple pledge: We're going to fight to cap your pay. At Davos, the Swiss resort where global corporate and financial execs assemble every winter at a glittery “World Economic...
Like 5.7% GDP Growth? Pass A Real Jobs Bill.
Today's initial estimate of 5.7% annual rate of growth in the GDP for the last quarter of 2009 sure beats a kick in the teeth. And if we sustain this rate of growth, we will have a robust recovery and come near full employment. But we won't sustain this growth unless...
America's Competitors Will Use Supreme Court Ruling To Block Our Green Jobs Effort And Close Our Factories
It's not personal, it's business. The Supreme Court recently ruled 5-4 that George Bush will be President corporations can spend unlimited amounts to support or oppose candidates. Corporations! Since there are no restrictions on the citizenship of the owners of...
Progressive Breakfast - 1/29/2010
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. Senate Jobs Bill May Be Less Than...
The Fed Accountability Fight Is Not Over
Though progressives have not succeeded in blocking Ben Bernanke's renomination as chairman of the Federal Reserve—which was always a long-shot proposition—we now have on the historical record a detailed critique of his record during the financial crisis that we might...
State of the Union: A Status Report on the Far Right
As long as we're taking the measure of the country this week, let's look in on the far (and not so far) fringes of the right wing. What's up with them? And how worried should we be? For the past several months, I've been trying to get a bead on the actual numbers of...
