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The Morality of Health Care Reform, Pt. 4
...[Q]uality care shouldn't depend on your financial resources, or the type of job you have, or the medical condition you face. Every American should be able to get the same treatment that U.S. senators are entitled to. This is the cause of my life. Sen. Ted Kennedy,...
Enforcing Trade Rules Shocks "The Village"
The New York Times business section has this today, With a Receptive White House, Labor Begins to Line Up Battles. Oddly this "news" story incorrectly casts enforcement of trade agreements as opposing "free trade." From the story, While labor’s opposition to free...
A Firm Stand, Not A Cave-In
It's always amazing to see the bald-faced capacity of the right to spew the intellectual fatuousness that whenever a president's decision aligns with the interests of unions and workers, he's caving in to political pressure, but when it aligns with the interests of...
Progressive Breakfast: Public Option House Boost
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Pelosi Strengthens Bill While Baucus Compromises Wonk Room on Pelosi moving to include strongest possible version of public option in final House bill:...
The Great Recession: It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
The world economy is growing; stock markets are up; talk of recovery, not world depression, fills the business pages. As the leaders of the 20 leading economies gather in Pittsburgh this week, they might well feel the euphoria of someone who has survived a near-death...
Progressive Breakfast - 9/23/2009
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Pelosi Strengthens Bill While Baucus Compromises Wonk Room on Pelosi moving to include strongest possible version of public option in final House bill: "......
I Will be Blogging From The Pittsburgh G-20 JOBS Summit
I am flying to Pittsburgh tomorrow and will be blogging here Thursday and Friday from the G-20 summit. The G-20 is a meeting of the Group of Twenty (G-20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of "systemically important industrialized and developing economies...
Public Option Drama Lingers As Finance Committee Meets
The Senate Finance Committee began its formal drafting of its version of health care reform. And after the initial round of opening statements, we still don't know where the votes fall on the public option. We know, of course, that the initial draft from Chairman Max...
Steel City: Forgotten But Not Gone
In the lead up to the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, mainstream media are telling half a story. Everyone seems to agree that heavy industry is a thing of the past. The London Telegraph opens with the “long-gone steel industry” and Business Week with the “rust-stained U.S....
Protect Insurance Companies PSA
Finally, we see some of Hollywood's A-list actors get on board this incredibly important issue. It is time we stand up and defend insurance company profits! Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell
