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Bobby Jindal's Phone and Pen, In Service To Plutocrats And Ideologues
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, before his attention-getting stunt outside the White House this week, offered up a 10-point agenda to "jump-start growth" that withers under the harsh light of reality.
Progressive Breakfast
Obama And Boehner Meet Again Obama, Boehner Meet for Hour at White House [ABC News]: "Disentangled from showdowns or looming crises, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner held a rare one-on-one Oval Office meeting Tuesday addressing potential areas of...
The Mess on Our 'Information Superhighway'
Why should moving data around be any different from moving people? No private party, the latest Comcast merger ought to remind us, should be allowed to get rich off a basic public trust.
"Buy America" Helps Jobs, Economy; Giant Tax Dodgers Want It Gone
Trade negotiators want to ban "Buy America" government procurement policies so companies like GE and Caterpillar can get more contracts in other countries. But GE and Caterpillar don't pay taxes here. So what we We the People get?
It's Time To Update How We Fund Transportation Projects
Ninety-five years after the institution of the first gasoline tax, what we're paying to maintain and improve the network hasn't kept pace. A bill pending in the House calls for an update.
Help the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Help You
Every day there's a new big bank outrage. Well, today we can report two facts about life in our nation’s capital. One will surprise you in a good way. The other will make you wonder how anything so two-faced can go on in a democracy.
Money Can’t Buy Votes
Vulture capitalist Tom Perkins revealed his plan to crush the uppity 99 percent and make America what he would he would call a decent place for billionaires. He believes billionaires should get a vote for every dollar they pay in taxes.
Progressive Breakfast
Bipartisanship Afoot on Minimum Wage, Jobless Aid Obama to meet privately with Boehner today. Bloomberg: "President Barack Obama will host House Speaker John Boehner at the White House today for a closed-door meeting as lawmakers weigh the administration’s call to...
The Next Obama Budget, Part 2: Is the "Era of Austerity" Really Over?
President Obama's 2015 federal budget comes weeks he after declared inequality “the defining moral challenge of our time.” Early reports about the budget show no signs of such broad moral sweep or scope.
How TPP Would Harm You At the Drug Store and On The Internet
We know that the Trans-Pacific Partnership has an intellectual property section that will override government rules that limit the ability of giant corporations to trample the interests of smaller competitors and the public.
