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Radio Interview: Detroit, Pensions, and Race
On Monday WBAI radio’s “Building Bridges” program interviewed Ross Eisenbrey of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), and me regarding Detroit's fiscal problems. Audio, and links to our writings on the subject, are below.
Blame The Auto Trade Deficit, Not Detroit's Workers
Republicans are trying to get people to blame Detroit's working people for Detroit's problems, while just ignoring the $12 billion/month automotive trade deficit caused by "free trade" agreements. Seriously? They expect us to swallow that nonsense?
N.Y. Times Claims Summers Was Closet Regulation Supporter
The supporters of Larry Summers drive to be Fed chair are desperately trying to rewrite history so that this world class champion of financial deregulation was actually a prescient supporter of tighter regulation all along.
Progressive Breakfast
House Dems Aim To Shape Budget Deal House Dems seek role in budget talks. The Hill: "House Democrats are making it known that they won’t serve as a rubber stamp for fiscal deals that the White House negotiates this fall. They say their views must be taken into account...
Stand With Detroit, Stand With Cities
"Stand With Detroit" is about standing up to the conservative bullies in Congress and the states who have launched a sustained attack against cities and the programs that support their economic vitality.
Tests Reveal What's Rotten About Common Core
Regardless of what you think about the new Common Core State Standards and their ability to assess what students "really need," there's little doubt that students who took recent tests based on the standards were set up to fail.
They're STILL Saying Taxes And Spending Hurt The Economy
Serious People said budget deficits hurt the economy. We increased taxes on the rich and the deficits went down. Now Serious People say taxes hurt the economy.
GOP May Not Want Shutdown, But Doesn't Have a Plan To Stop One
The only way for Boehner to regain any leverage is to prove he can avoid a shutdown. The National Review suggests he is on his way toward that goal, noting that "there was disappointment" but no uproar.
Supersize Those Wages, McDonald's
Last month, McDonald’s gave its workers a little gift – a budget purporting to show how to survive on the starvation wages the burger behemoth pays. The bizarre financial plan made millionaire McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson look like a real clown.
Progressive Breakfast
Republicans Hide From Tea Party Republicans skipping town halls this August recess. NYT: "Most of the efforts to shame members of Congress who are not holding town halls are aimed at Republicans. Tea Party groups are focused mainly on pressuring fellow Republicans —...
