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It's Time For Some Straight Talk About the GOP Budget
hen it comes to the economy, the White House is talking tough to the Republicans … about the debt ceiling. But that begs the larger question: Who’s going to give the American people some straight talk about their economic ideas?
Let's End The War On The War On Poverty
Conservatives have exchanged the "war on poverty" for a "war on the poor," using false assumptions about the failure of government programs. Three authors explain why they are wrong.
Cruz Isn't Surrendering On Obamacare. He Just Wants a Shutdown More.
House Republicans are furious at Sen. Ted Cruz that he isn't going all out to repeal Obamacare in the Senate. That presumes Cruz is actually interested in repealing Obamacare.
Worship The 1%. You Live At Their Pleasure.
Yes, the geniuses who brought us the financial crisis and mortgage fraud should be thanked for their service along with the "mental effort" of failing executives who get paid huge golden parachutes just to get rid of them.
House Republicans Take Aim At The Hungry.
House Republicans want to slash the food stamp program by nearly $40 billion dollars. While the drastic cuts proposed by the House would never be approved by Senate, they show just how little some lawmakers care about their fellow Americans.
Progressive Breakfast
GOP Squabbles Over Who Should Force Shutdown First... House Republicans slam Sen. Ted Cruz for suggesting he wouldn't fight in the Senate to pass the ObamaCare repeal he's demanded of the House. WSJ: "Rep. Sean Duffy (R., Wis.) tweeted that Messrs. Cruz and Lee...
The House’s Un-American Activities
The Constitution does an admirable job of describing the way our government is supposed to work, and nowhere does it say the House of Representatives has the power to shut it down in order to revoke a law that displeases it.
The President Has More Power Than Just A Bully Pulpit
Home health care workers are dramatically underpaid and overworked, and they care for some of our society's most vulnerable citizens. President Obama did something about it which was long overdue. Good for him.
SEC Finally Moves Rule Requiring Disclosure Of "Pay Ratios"
The law requires companies to disclose total CEO pay, the median pay of all other employees, and the ratio between the two. This gives some idea if the company is being looted from the top.
Progressive Breakfast
Poverty Rate Refuses To Budge Poverty rate stuck at 15%, finds Census. Time: "The poverty rate and the number of people living in poverty haven’t budged since 2011 despite the slowly improving economy ... Before the last recession began in 2007, the rate was 2.5...
