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MORNING MESSAGE: Will The Media Cover The “Back To Work” Budget? OurFuture.org's Bill Scher: "For the past 24 hours, the media has dutifully reported on the budget proposal from Rep. Paul Ryan, even though everyone knows it is extremely unlikely to become law. That’s...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Will The Media Cover The “Back To Work” Budget? OurFuture.org's Bill Scher: "For the past 24 hours, the media has dutifully reported on the budget proposal from Rep. Paul Ryan, even though everyone knows it is extremely unlikely to become law. That’s...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Will The Media Cover The “Back To Work” Budget? OurFuture.org's Bill Scher: "For the past 24 hours, the media has dutifully reported on the budget proposal from Rep. Paul Ryan, even though everyone knows it is extremely unlikely to become law. That’s...
A Smart and Principled Plan to End 'Too Big to Fail'
The CEO and Research Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas have written a clear, smart, and principled proposal for reforming our banking system, and for managing the moral and financial crises our too-big-to-fail banks have caused and perpetrated. The plan...
Will The Media Cover The "Back To Work" Budget?
For the past 24 hours, the media has dutifully reported on the budget proposal from Rep. Paul Ryan, even though everyone knows it is extremely unlikely to become law. That’s fine; it’s not the media’s job to short-circuit debate. It’s the media’s job to report...
A Low Bar Set For Mary Jo White At SEC Confirmation Hearing
We were hoping that the Senate Banking Committee would give Mary Jo White, President Obama's choice to be chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a tough grilling at today's confirmation hearing. What we got most often instead looked more like a friendly...
The More Paul Ryan's Budget Changes, The More It Stays The Same
It's finally here. After a long week of teasing and hint-dropping that kept much of Washington wondering, Paul Ryan has released a new budget. Now, that we can finally see what's in Ryan's budget, it's a bit of a let down. Ryan trots out most of the same old ideas,...
February's "Pleasant Surprise" Jobs Report Shows What Is Happening To Middle Class
Buried in the "pleasant surprise" (NPR) of Friday's "stunning" (USAToday) February jobs report were some numbers that better-reflect the reality of America's declining middle class. Things are pretty bad when you call 7.7% -- and that due to people giving up on...
Too Big To Jail: Is Wells Fargo Guilty of Negligent Homicide?
As Robert Borosage wrote, "Too Big Too Fail" has become "Too Big To Jail." According to attorney general, our big banks have gotten so big that bringing criminal charges against them for blatantly criminal acts "will have a negative impact on the national economy,...
Compare New Republican Budget With America's Reality
Before I get into the new Republican budget (it cuts taxes on the wealthy by almost 40%, greatly increases military spending, and just guts almost everything government does to help make our lives better -- privatizes Medicare, does even less to maintain our...
