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Debunking the Spin: Voters Want Change, Not “Centrism”
“To a hammer,” the saying says, “everything looks like a nail.” To the Beltway insiders who push corporate-friendly “bipartisanship,” every election proves that voters really want to be governed by elites from both parties. Forget it.
Why Obamacare's Troubles Will Be Good For Liberalism
Panic today will be defused and forgotten tomorrow. We will not only be pleased with the final result, but we will also be better conditioned to tolerate a degree of initial imperfection, knowing that government has the capacity to work through it.
So, About Those Cancellation Letters...
We've reports of companies canceling insurance policies, and charging hundreds of dollars more each month to continue coverage. Well, it turns out that many of those cancellation letters were misleading.
Economic Sabotage: Republicans Obstruct Infrastructure Work
Everyone agrees fixing our infrastructure will help the economy now and in the future, and will create jobs. But Republicans in Congress refuse to. Why? Because doing so will help the economy now and in the future, and will create jobs.
The Budget Debate: The 60% Solution
Another month, another budget crisis. This time, Republicans can't afford to shut the government down again. And Americans don't buy what Republicans are peddling. Democrats would do well to stand strong for the vast majority.
Progressive Breakfast
Has Obamacare Been Sabotaged? "The Lesson of Obamacare: Sabotage Works", argues Mother Jones' Kevin Drum: "...nder normal circumstances, even an opposition party would end up cutting a deal eventually to shore up the missing funding. Not this time, though. As one...
Let's Hear It for Taxes
Joshua Holland offers an important counterpoint to today's slanted political dialogue with his essay on "the high cost of low taxes." Washington’s obsession with tax cuts and deficit reduction is distracting the American people.
Are Heartless People Simply Born That Way?
People who cut food stamps — and gut child labor laws — most all had empathy when they came into the world. So what squeezed the empathy out? Analysts are pointing to inequality.
Does German Export Dependence Hurt World Economy?
Germany's economy, like China's, is geared toward exports. They engineer their economy in ways that bring in money from other countries, and then complain that those countries aren't cutting back enough. Are they just smarter than us?
Starving Them Out: Food Stamps and The GOP's War On The Poor
The GOP’s hostility towards the poor and unfortunate has become an all-out “war on the poor.” The consequences of the painful cuts to food stamps taking effect today offer a glimpse of the casualties and collateral damage to come.
