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Where “Regulation” Is a Dirty Word, Shady Businesses Flourish
As new details emerge, it’s becoming clear that West Virginia's chemical spill is also a tale of how shady businesses can prosper in an environment where regulatory capture by an industry is so deeply entrenched.
President Obama, Raise Minimum Wage For Federal Contract Workers
After years of “privatization” and outsourcing, the government now contracts out a lot of work to companies that pay really, really low wages for jobs that when they were “government jobs” used to provide good pay and benefits.
Why Are Ireland And The Rest of Europe Still Worse Off Than The U.S.?
In 2010, the Heritage Foundation ranked Ireland in the top 10 of its "Economic Independence Index." Four years later, conservative austerity policies have wrecked Ireland's economy and other European economies.
Progressive Breakfast
Debt Limit Weeks Away After spending bill clears Congress, another debt limit confrontation looms. Bloomberg: "Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said yesterday that Congress should act as soon as possible to raise the borrowing cap at least by late February ... Democrats...
Shame On Congress For Its Criminal Neglect Of The Jobless
Congress this week assaulted the jobless in two ways – by leaving Washington without reviving long-term jobless benefits that expired last month and by passing a budget that does virtually nothing to boost job creation.
Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement Taking Off
Three decades ago the divestment movement help bring down apartheid. Today a new generation of activists is using divestment to bring down fossil fuel companies wrecking the climate.
The TPP - The More We Know, The Worse It Gets.
We already knew that the Trans Pacific Partnership is a threat to our jobs, our civil rights, and our national sovereignty, and now we know it's also a danger to our environment.
Progressive Breakfast
Boehner, Conservatives Not On Same Page Boehner, House conservatives, not coordinating 2014 legislative strategy. National Journal: "...leadership officials and conservative members have been huddling separately [and their] plans appear to be on a collision course ......
For the GOP, An Abyss Instead of Genuine Economic Ideas
When you look too long into the Abyss, said Nietzsche, the Abyss looks into you. That’s what Republicans' economic statements are like nowadays. Instead of a core philosophy, there's an abyss. But they still have an agenda.
The Bipartisan Budget Deal Blues
Don't believe the hype. The 1,582-page budget deal may be a return to bipartisan compromise and "regular order," but it punts on addressing the vital needs of this country. It continues austerity, while starving vital investments.
