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Looking Backwards
Jubilant Republicans took back the Senate in yesterday's mid-term election, and appeared to have increased their majority in the House by about ten seats. "We are now positioned to crush the socialistic Democrats in 2016," exulted anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist. "We will redouble our efforts to cut back taxing and spending, so that we can at last get a recovery going."
On April 13, Money Will Run Washington – Literally
“In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power.” Ah yes, the immortal words of philosopher Antonio Montana in his seminal work, “Scarface.” Unfortunately, he has a point. Those who have the money in America do have the...
What About The Children?
“We must embrace the need for modest reforms—otherwise our retirement programs will crowd out the investments we need for our children.” President Obama, State of the union address, 2013 Is that really true? Here's Dean Baker: The Very Serious People in Washington...
Progressive Breakfast
Sequester Nation: 1 Month In Republicans believe they are winning the sequester battle, reports Politico: "There’s been no sudden shock to the system. In fact, the economy seems on the mend, with housing starts higher than before the Great Recession. And if this...
Why We Tax: A Timely Reminder for Tax Day
Media darling Rand Paul is doing his best to end progressive taxation in America. Randolph Paul, over a half-century ago, helped make progressive taxation a prime building block for America’s middle class golden age. To stop politicos like Rand, we need to remember...
After Sequester, Will We Stop The Next Fung Wah?
This week our federal government effectively shut down the Fung Wah bus company.. Fung Wah had a loyal customer following because it was ridiculously dirt-cheap, $15 one-way from New York City to Boston. But it was dirt-cheap because it was a death trap on wheels....
Energy Dept's New Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative which will make American companies more competitive in the world economy.
Welfare Reform Can't Save Marriage
Everyone's talking about marriage this week. So it's hard to blame speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives T. W. Shannon for wanting to get in on the action with a bill to divert federal funds for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to fund a...
If The Numbers Don't Add Up, Get New Numbers
This is how they achieve their long term goals --- under the radar, changing the way the numbers are calculated to prove an ideological point and change our understanding of how the world works. The story says the Senate endorsed "a model called 'dynamic scoring,'...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: We Can Have Banks That Work For the People OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "We all know the banking system is broken. It’s easy to become pessimistic in the face of corporate and political corruption, but the system can be changed. We’ve done it...
