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Today's Villager Wisdom
Ruth Marcus fills us in on what constitutes "reasonable" now that the Republicans have proven themselves asses with their government shutdown. And, you guessed it, it's time for Democrats to compromise and agree to cut "entitlements."
Republicans Shoot America in the Foot
Republicans wounded their party with their failed gambit to defund the ACA. But what’s worse is worse is they bloodied the economy. At a time when millions are struggling to find work, the Republican hostage taking depressed growth and killed jobs
A Jobs Idea That Could Cost Millions Of Jobs
In 2004 we gave in to hostage-taking and gave companies a tax holiday, and they broke the promise to create jobs. On top of that they started moving even more jobs and production and profit centers out of the country.
Fall Blues: The September Jobs Report
The September jobs report assesses the labor market before the damage inflicted by the government shutdown. The news isn't surprising. For workers, the "recovery" remains an illusion.
Progressive Breakfast
Dems Thrown Down On Taxes Dems "to go on offense on raising taxes" reports The Hill: "Congressional Democrats want Republicans to sign off on $50 billion worth of tax increases to eliminate the sequester’s automatic spending cuts ... Democrats say they would not...
Don't Even Talk About Cuts
Democrats won the shutdown fight. Republicans lost and the public hates them and their ideas. Here is a guiding message Democrats should use from here on out: Jobs help the economy. Cuts hurt the economy.
ALEC and TIAA-CREF Join The Assault On Public Pensions
The right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council has jumped into the conservative effort to dismantle public pension systems in a big way. So has TIAA-CREF, which markets the kind of plans that ALEC wants states to move to.
Don’t Feel Sorry for JPMorgan Chase
Here's why you shouldn't waste your time feeling sorry for JP Morgan Chase over that $13 billion settlement you
may have heard about. the bank is actually getting off lightly.
If You Think Republicans Have Learned A Lesson ...
If you think Repubicans have learned a lesson from their “defeat” over the shutdown and debt-ceiling hostage-taking, then you’re not paying attention to what they’re saying to each other. Here is a quick look around right-wing online media today.
Note To Obamacare Critics
As I watch the talking heads all clutch their pearls over the insurance exchange website, I can't help but notice that none of them seem to know what's really happening out here to people who have to deal with the private insurance.
