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Enormous, Humongous Trade Deficit Up From Prior Month
Trade deficit = American jobs go away. Big, ongoing trade deficit = millions of US jobs go away. Enormous, humongous trade deficit = millions fewer jobs, poor economy, wage and income concentration...
Progressive Breakfast
Debug Effort Speeds Up As Hearings Commence HHS details debugging efforts. AP: "Unexpectedly high consumer interest that overwhelmed the system in its initial days. Equipment has been added to handle the load and system design has been improved. More fixes are in...
McOutrage: Poverty Wages For Workers, Corporate Jet for Execs
McDonald's, with $1.5 billion in corporate profits, says it can't afford to give raises to its workers, but it can afford to buy a new corporate jet. Tell McDonald's to ground the jet and pay its workers a living wage.
Time to Resist the Republicans’ War on Government
In the short term, Democrats need to negotiate. But in the longer term, we urgently need a real debate in this country – a debate which highlights the ever widening gulf in values between the Republican Party and the American people.
Wal-Mart Workers Take Message To Congress: Pay a Living Wage
A living wage would eliminate the necessity for Wal-Mart employees to receive public assistance through programs such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Yes, New Democrat Dogma Is To Blame
The rough Obamacare roll-out is a direct consequence of misplaced faith in neo-liberal solutions like means testing, privatization, and devolution to the states as the best ways to provide services at an affordable price.
Social Security Flubbed Its Rollout. No One Remembers.
An early glitch in the collection of Social Security wage problems stoked a panic that millions wouldn't get their checks. Like most problems with new programs, it got fixed.
The GOP: Still "Letting Them Die"
Republicans are still targeting the Affordable Care Act, but their answer to the problems health care reform is already solving for millions of Americans hasn't changed much from that infamous audience response at the September 2011 GOP presidential debate.
Progressive Breakfast
HHS Chipping Away At Website Snags Too early to judge, HHS Sec Sebelius tells CNN: "While refusing to give a timetable Tuesday as to when the website will be fully operational, Sebelius insisted 'it's improving every day, and more people are getting through ... and we...
Dear House-Senate Budget Committee: The Country Needs Jobs
To the new House-Senate Budget conference committee: The S&P 500 stock market index hit record highs, while employment statistics remained at record lows. Your mission couldn’t be clearer. We need jobs.
