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MORNING MESSAGE: Will We Stop Social Security Cuts? OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "Two recent news reports indicate that the President is 'strongly considering' cuts to Medicare and Social Security in his upcoming budget, which is to be released in less than ten days...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Will We Stop Social Security Cuts? OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "Two recent news reports indicate that the President is 'strongly considering' cuts to Medicare and Social Security in his upcoming budget, which is to be released in less than ten days...
Why Wouldn't the President Cut Social Security and Medicare? That's Up to You.
Two recent news reports indicate that the president is “strongly considering” cuts to Medicare and Social Security in his upcoming budget, which is to be released in less than ten days. The question’s been asked for four years: Why would Obama want to cut these...
Obama Shouldn't Buy The Lower-Corporate-Taxes Line
There is a big push going on to again reduce tax rates for the giant multinational corporations. See if you can guess who will make up the difference? (Hint: it will be you paying through cuts, and smaller companies that are trying to challenge the incumbency of the...
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....
