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Schumer Bill Attacks Inversions, Earnings Stripping
New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer has introduced a bill aimed at fighting the corporate tax-dodging practices of "inversion" and "earnings stripping" which involve use on non-US affiliate companies.
Debunking the Heritage Foundation’s New Minimum Wage Myths One by One
The Heritage Foundation points its finger in the wrong direction: the responsibility for providing minimum wage fast-food workers with a livable wage falls on the corporations.
Progressive Breakfast
Progressives Rattle NY Gov. Cuomo Progressive challenger to NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo scores more than third of the primary vote. NYT: "Though she ran her campaign on a shoestring and with scarcely any organizational support, Ms. Teachout was on pace to record the...
Democrats Can Win on Social Security – by Fighting to Increase It
A new poll confirms that voters don’t just want their Social Security benefits protected; they want them expanded. A firm stand as defenders and expanders of Social Security is a winner for Democrats.
The Inflation Fighters Want to Increase the Debt Burden on Our Children
Are you worried about the government running deficits in the hundreds of billions of dollars and a debt in the TRILLIONS? If so, then you should be really angry at people calling for the Federal Reserve Board to raise interest rates.
Why Is SEC Sitting On Corporate Transparency Rules?
Are We the People the boss of the corporations, or are the corporations the boss of We the People? The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) needs to be reminded which way that question is supposed to be answered.
Progressive Breakfast
WH May Act On Inversions Soon Treasury Secretary Lew says action on inversions coming soon. Politico: "...Lew promised on Monday to crack down on so-called corporate tax inversions 'in the very near future' though he offered few clues as to what may be in the offing...
The Importance of Zephyr Teachout
She has run a shoestring campaign against a powerful, lavishly funded governor who refused to debate her. But whatever the outcome, her campaign has already had dramatic significance for progressives across the country.
Tell The Senate: Support The Amendment To Undo Citizens United
The Senate is considering the Democracy For All Amendment to undo the damage the Supreme Court did with their Citizens United and other rulings that allow corporations and billionaires to purchase our elections.
The Fed Finds an America Deeply Divided
The "average" U.S. family is doing just fine, says the Federal Reserve's latest portrait of household wealth. But typical Americans, other numbers in the report make clear, are struggling something awful. What's up here?
