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Where Are The Issues?
One candidate offers actual policies and proposals. The other offers entertainment. Which one does the "news" media flock to? Which candidate is receiving the news coverage — the policy wonk or the entertainer? We all know the answer.
Trump’s Yuge Bamboozle
Trump says his tax cuts would cost $4.4 trillion over 10 years, most of it paid for by economic growth. We’ve been here before. Both Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush tried “trickle-down” economics. We should have learned two lessons.
There’s No Debate
Let’s call the whole thing off. Not the election. No, we mean the presidential debates — which, if the present format and moderators remain as they are, threaten an effect on democracy more like Leopold and Loeb than Lincoln and Douglas.
Progressive Breakfast
Are Incomes Rising Fast Enough? Hedrick Smith finds recent middle-class income gains insufficient: "...It’s an important milestone worth cheering that last year, families smack in the middle of the middle class saw their household incomes rise by 5.2% ... But what’s...
Despite Some Good Economic News, The Status Quo Is Not Enough
Should Democrats present themselves as fighters for a transformative economic vision, or as skilled managers restoring and maintaining the status quo of the last several decades? The question came up again last week.
Trump’s Economic "Fixes" for Women Mean the Fix Is In
Trump’s so-called economic fixes for the nation’s majority – women – are woefully lacking. His proposal to slash the top tax rate would definitely benefit high income women earning more than $413,350. But what of their low-wage sisters?
Wingnut Week In Review: Invasion of the Clinton Body Doubles
After Hillary Clinton went a bit wobbly at the 9/11 memorial, the internet went off the deep end with speculation about her health, and whether she’s even the real Hillary Clinton.
Sandbagging Customers for Fun and Profit
Wells Fargo has just been hit with the biggest banking consumer fraud penalty ever. Yet the bank’s execs are walking out the door with multiple millions in bonuses. Can we stop them?
If You Liked the Bush Economy, You'll Love Trump's Economy
President George W. Bush tried to grow the economy by giving corporations and the wealthy lower taxes and less regulation, and sparked a global economic meltdown. Trump would do it all over again.
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Economic Plan Right-Wing Rehash Trump reveals new economic plan, with "few details." NYT: "...Trump largely reiterated a broad economic vision he outlined in Detroit last month, vowing to slash taxes on business and scale back federal regulations ... He partly...
