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This Labor Day 2014 Let's Think Back To Move Progressively Forward
We progressives had very good reason to be hopeful in 2007. But instead of despairing let's recall our past and consider what we failed to do so we can truly build a progressive populist majority.
Progressive Breakfast
Burger-Doughnut Combo's Nasty Taste Burger King avoids an inversion penalty with this one weird trick. Bloomberg News: "The group of investors who control Burger King Worldwide Inc. (BKW) are using an unusual strategy to avoid the tax penalty that normally applies to...
Obamacare’s “Secret Trick” Could Cure CEO Pay Excesses
In one of its lesser-known provisions, the Affordable Care Act limited tax breaks health insurers could claim for executive compensation. While that may sound arcane, the implications could be profound and far-reaching.
Remember That Time When All Those Veterans Died Waiting For Care?
Remember when all those veterans died waiting to get care? That was then, this is now. The scare story that week was VA deaths. The thing we are all supposed to be afraid of and upset about this week is … something else. Till next week.
What Life Will Look Like When You Can't Afford to Retire
In new Harper's article, journalist Jessica Bruder adds a new phrase to America's vocabulary: "Elderly migrant worker." A growing number of older Americans must resort to Rving across the country for seasonal and temporary employment.
Will Republicans Block Action On Corporations Abandoning The U.S.?
Legislation to do something about corporations renouncing their U.S. "citizenship" is before Congress. The odds are that Republicans will block it – and not just because they have obstructed everything else.
Progressive Breakfast
Will Burger King Have Its Way On Taxes? Burger King to buy Tim Hortons and move its headquarters to Canada. US News & World Report: “Miami-based Burger King is reportedly in talks to buy the Canadian-owned Tim Hortons chain of coffee and doughnut shops....
A Stock-Market Milestone is Reached, But Who Cares?
Monday morning the S&P 500 composite index briefly passed the 2,000 mark. But out beyond Washington and Wall Street and the Hamptons, out in the world where most Americans live, things aren’t quite as rosy.
Now Burger King Renouncing U.S. Citizenship - Let's Eat Somewhere Else
Every part of Burger King’s success was enabled up by our taxpayer-funded American system. Now Burger King wants to take off from the country that made them what they are. But they still want us to eat their food.
“Carbon” Introduces Short Film Series on Climate Crisis
If you want to know how bad the climate crisis is, and what you can do about it, check out “Carbon”; the first in a series of short films aimed at exploring crucial issues related to the climate crisis.
