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November's Enormous, Humongous Trade Deficit Continued Economic Damage
This enormous, humongous trade deficit sucked a quarter of a percent from quarterly economic growth and will continue to drag down job prospects, wages and living standards.
Progressive Breakfast
Progressive Presidential Forum In Iowa Saturday Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement hosts 'Real People Ready for Real Solutions' Issues Summit in Des Moines Saturday morning, followed by a CCI Action “Putting Families First” Presidential Forum, "not to hear their...
The Infrastructure Cure For The Economy
The economy suffers from lack of demand. How do you increase demand in an economy? With jobs that pay well. How do you get jobs to pay well? Maintain our infrastructure.
Bernie Sanders and 'The Big Short'
After watching "The Big Short" and talking to viewers, it’s hard to argue against Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ demands to increase taxes on the billionaires and break up the banks.
Right-Wing Lawlessness in Oregon Must Not Stand
Right-wing extremists have upped the ante in Oregon. The Feds have a chance to get it right this time and make it clear that criminals — even those with white faces and cowboy hats — will face consequences.
'Break ‘Em Up': Bernie Sanders Offers Tough Wall Street Reform Plan
"Under my administration, Wall Street CEOs will no longer receive a get-out-of jail free card," Sanders says just blocks from Wall Street. "Big banks will not be too big to fail. Big bankers will not be too big to jail."
Progressive Breakfast
Sanders Brings Bank Fight to NYC Today Sanders to give tough Wall Street reform speech in NYC today. W. Post: "Sanders will announce plans to direct the secretary of the Treasury within the first 100 days of his administration to establish a 'Too-Big-To-Fail' list of...
Why Sanders' Economic Plan Is Best For The 99 Percent
Bernie Sanders offers the best economic plan for the middle class. And he has shown that he is willing to challenge the Republican Party’s rhetoric, rather than offer a pale reflection of it.
They Don't Really Care About Taxes, Folks
Republicans don't have to run on lower tax rates for the middle class. They just have promise to stick it to the "others" whether it's denying benefits or a path to citizenship, deportation, abusive policing, long prison sentences.
The Economy in 2016: On the Edge of Recession
Economic forecasters exist to make astrologers look good, but I expect the U.S. economy to sputter in 2016. That’s because the economy faces a deep structural problem: not enough demand for goods and services it's capable of producing.
