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The Modest Bargain
It's a tiny deal, which is always better than a big deal when you're dealing with these Republicans. But large spending cuts remain the bipartisan objective of the budget as far as the eye can see.
The Budget Misdeal: An Agreement That Solves Nothing
The budget deal announced yesterday in Washington offers temporary relief from budget crisis, hostage-taking, government shutdowns. But it does nothing to deal with the problems the country faces. And the reasons for that are clear.
Progressive Breakfast
Budget Deal Sealed Congressional negotiators reach two-year budget deal. NYT: "The agreement, which would finance the government through Sept. 30, 2015, would eliminate about $63 billion in across-the-board domestic and military cuts. But it would provide $23 billion...
The Budget Deal: A Dirge for the Unemployed
The phrase that keeps coming to mind with regard to the budget deal struck by congressional negotiators Tuesday, especially when it comes to the unemployed, is more than 200 years old: Man's inhumanity to man.
It's Time To Make Banking Boring Again!
Regulators want to start making banking boring again. Today, five different regulatory agencies are expected to adopt the Volcker Rule, which would redraw a line between regular banking and Wall Street gambling.
New Report: How To Prevent America From Losing The Green Jobs Race
China in 2012 took the lead in the global clean energy race. But a new report offers a roadmap for a U.S. resurgence in renewable energy that does not require us to emulate China's top-down economic approach.
Did The Stimulus Work? See For Yourself
Did the "stimulus" work? Republicans claim the stimulus was a failure, a waste of money, and was the reason the deficit soared. So let's see what happened. And I do mean "see."
"It's Time For You To Leave"
A nasty little Google boy gets mad and says what he really thinks: "This is a city for the right people who can afford it. You can't afford it? ... It's time for you to leave."
ALEC Demands Lawmakers Pledge Allegiance – to ALEC
ALEC asked its lawmakers to forsake their oaths of office and swear fidelity instead to the organization that wines, dines, indulges and indoctrinates them with buckets full of corporate cash.
Progressive Breakfast
Budget Deal May Hurt Workers, Jobless Dems question emerging budget deal. W. Post: "It was unclear Monday whether Democrats would succeed in their campaign to win a year-long extension of emergency jobless benefits, which are set to expire at the end of the month,...
