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A Step Forward in the Battle Against Corporate Inversions
At a Senate Finance Committee hearing this week, the committee chairman and a panel of witnesses were united in supporting immediate action to combat "inversions," an increasingly used tax-avoidance tactic.
Wingnut Week In Review: Hey, You Got Your Plane Crash In My Benghazi!
Right-wing reaction to issues in the news this week brought to mind a classic commercial for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, but with a wingnut spin on the famous line: “Hey, you got your plane crash in my Benghazi!”
Education ‘Reform’ Loses The Netroots
For those whose white-hot enthusiasm for presidential politics may be dampened by the inevitability of a Hillary Clinton candidacy, there may be no more promising alternative channel than the raging fight for public education.
Progressive Breakfast
Ryan's Poverty Plan Panned Bob Greenstein, of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, says Paul Ryan's poverty plan would increase poverty and shrink poverty programs: "A centerpiece of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s new poverty plan would consolidate...
The Achilles' Heel Of Paul Ryan's Latest Antipoverty Program
The aims of Rep. Paul Ryan's latest antipoverty vision sound noble. But the core of his proposal has a fundamental flaw: Block grants to states have proven ill-suited to the task of reducing poverty.
The Rise of the Bankster Landlord
One of the most startling trends to come out of the wreckage of the 2007-2008 financial crisis is the explosion of Wall Street firms buying up and renting out property all across the country. This is insane -- it’s a recipe for disaster.
Narcissists Gone Wild! Excessive Compensation Can Ruin A CEO's Judgment.
Narcissists don’t happen to be particularly nice people. They preen. They grab. And they never ever really feel our pain. New research shows that extremely self-centered people also don’t make particularly effective corporate CEOs.
House Republicans Blocked Critical 'Make It In America' Bill
Far-right groups said that the American government securing necessary materials for American companies to manufacture is "interference with the free market." Seriously, are they funded by China?
Progressive Breakfast
"Factoryless" Manufacturers And Corporate Defectors WSJ's Timothy Aeppel covers furor over "factoryless" manufacturers: "Manufacturers, by definition, make things. But is that definition outdated? That’s the question behind a move among federal government agencies to...
Chiding CEOs at Walgreens and Other Corporate Defectors
How does it feel to be the CEO of a “defector corporation”? Do such executives face the opprobrium of society as they enjoy the fruits of this land that has given them so much? So far, apparently not. But that may be changing.
