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The Larry Summers Confirmation Hearing Would Be a Presidential Nightmare
The appointment of the next Federal Reserve chair is no longer just a policy question. It has become a test of the Obama administration’s ability to act pragmatically by abandoning a costly and potentially doomed nomination.
Remember When People Had Pensions?
America's corporate chiefs deserve all their hefty rewards, we're constantly advised, because they take hefty risks. And what exactly are these richly rewarded corporate chiefs putting at risk? Our retirement security.
So Sick Of These Jackass Plutocrats ...
Not that this is exactly news, but Michael Bloomberg is a jerk. A very wealthy jerk. I guess Bloomberg and his ilk really do feel that they deserve to have every last penny on this earth. Because they're productive.
Employers Fought to Keep Workers Poor — Now Workers Are Fighting Back
After decades of seeing their incomes shrink, those at the bottom of the economic ladder are starting to band together and fight back — and it’s one of the most important economic stories of our time.
Progressive Breakfast
Party Divisions Thwarting Syria Resolution "Obama making little headway with getting Congress to support attack on Syria" reports W. Post: "The president’s challenge is made more difficult by the fact that the two parties are splintered on the issue — and that...
Jobs Report: Over 21 Million Still in Need of Full-Time Work
Instead of continuing its failed austerity-lite policies, Congress should be moving to a jobs agenda, making the investments that will help put people back to work.
Another View Of The Capitol, Where Jobs Are Top Priority
Capitol Hill should adopt the prevailing perspective of Capitol View: Now isn’t the time to cut the supports the economy needs to grow again and working-class people need to get back on their feet.
Tobacco 'Smoking Gun' Shows Real TPP Agenda
This treaty will allow corporations to sue governments for "lost profits" if governments try to enforce environmental, health, labor and other laws. Tobacco's involvement is the "smoking gun."
They Aren't Even Asking For An Estimate for Syria
I haven't heard much concern about the cost of this Syrian operation, which is kind of surprising since the last four years has been a non-stop barrage of rhetoric about the need to cut government spending, from members of both parties.
Obama Is Making Us Energy Independent. It's Not Enough.
Carbon emissions are down. Oil consumption is down. Renewable energy consumption is up. America is projected to be energy independent by 2030. And yet there is more to do.
