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Voodoo Trickle-Down Be Damned
President Obama's middle-class economics will be a hard sell. That’s because Americans have been force-fed that voodoo, greed-is-good, grovel-before-the-rich, trickle-down financial philosophy for so very long.
Progressive Breakfast
Record Low Deficits "Federal deficit falling to lowest in Obama presidency" reports USA Today: "The federal government's 2015 budget deficit will fall slightly this year to $468 billion ... The annual deficit topped $1 trillion for each of Obama's first four years in...
Liberate 41 Million Americans From Student Loan Debt
A student debt “jubilee” would reflect both the values upon which this nation was founded and the economic principles that have sustained it through its greatest periods of growth and prosperity.
You Think Sarah Palin Is Incoherent? Listen To Jeb Bush.
Jeb Bush's address to the National Automobile Dealers Association attracted much positive press. He sounded like an adult. He was willing to challenge conservative orthodoxy. Just one problem: it didn't make any sense.
Protests As Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks Resume In New York Today
Hundreds of trade, labor, environmental, health, communities of color, anti-GMO and food justice, anti-fracking, animal and other activists still showed up in the big blizzard to protest the secret trade agreement.
Progressive Wedge Issues for Cities and States
For years, conservatives used “wedge issues” to split moderates from progressives. It's time to promote some progressive wedge issues and our best opportunities for both publicity and passage are in states, cities and counties.
Progressive Breakfast
Huge Triumph Over Austerity In Greece "Syriza’s victory is a milestone for Europe," reports NYT: "Continuing economic weakness has stirred a populist backlash from France to Spain to Italy, with more voters growing fed up with policies that require sacrifice to meet...
Corporate Tax Break Scheme Is Gaining A Momentum We Must Stop
Politicians in both parties and in both houses are coalescing around a plan to pay for transportation improvements by giving corporations a deep tax break on profits they have held overseas.
Wingnut Week In Review: "No Go Zone" On The Brain
From anti-choice bills in the House, to threats of lawsuits over Muslim “no go zones,” this week showed that the wingnut brain is biggest “no go zone” of them all.
Schakowsky's Call To Progressives: "Draw A Bright Line" (Audio)
In a webcast by Progressive Majority and the Campaign for America's Future, a key House Progressive Caucus members urges Democrats to not shy away from policy fights that show them on the side of "the little guy."
