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A Budget Crystal Ball for 2013
Given my stellar record for 2012, I should probably retire now while I’m at the top of my game. Not taking my own advice, here are my fearless budget forecasts for 2013.
First Loyalties
If the President decides to give into Republican demands to cut this kind of deal, thinking that launching a civil war with people like me who were part of his winning coalition in the election is better for the country and worth the trade-off, he will do what feels like he should.
US Manufacturing Wages Not Too High
US manufacturing wages are competitive, but wages are not the only reason companies might not be coming back. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report this week, International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs in Manufacturing, 2011, that debunks the...
Progressive Leaders Stand Against Social Security Cuts
Yesterday, I posted that progressive leaders in Congress are saying "No Deal" to "fiscal cliff' deals that cut Social Security benefits while cutting the wealthy yet another break on taxes. Today, that list is growing, as more progressive join what's beginning to look...
Progressive Breakfast
On the menu this morning:
- MORNING MESSAGE: What About The Jobs and Wages Cliff?
- The First Social Security Cut Is The Deepest
- "Plan BS"
- Sticking To Our Gun Control
- Breakfast Sides
Progressive Breakfast
On the menu this morning:
- MORNING MESSAGE: What About The Jobs and Wages Cliff?
- The First Social Security Cut Is The Deepest
- "Plan BS"
- Sticking To Our Gun Control
- Breakfast Sides
Progressive Breakfast
On the menu this morning:
- MORNING MESSAGE: What About The Jobs and Wages Cliff?
- The First Social Security Cut Is The Deepest
- "Plan BS"
- Sticking To Our Gun Control
- Breakfast Sides
Defense Lobby Wins, Middle Class Loses In Obama Debt Proposal
The President's latest budget offer slashes a 95 year old retiree's Social Security benefits by more than nine percent -- and trims the defense budget by less than one percent. Nancy Pelosi insists that these benefit reductions aren't "cuts," which is consistent with...
What About The Jobs and Wages Cliff?
One of the most maddening features of the current fiscal cliff/fiscal swindle debate is that the chattering class rarely acknowledges the people who have already fallen off the cliff: 5 million Americans who have been unemployed for more than 27 weeks. The roughly 7...
Progressives In Congress Say "No Deal" To Social Security Cuts
Progressives in Congress aren't falling for the trick that Washington is using to cut Social Security in the "fiscal cliff" negotiations. Instead they are raising their voices against the insanity of Democrats committing political suicide by: destroying their...
