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Happy Holidays: GOP Delivers Uncertainty to Middle Class

Apparently, uncertainty is a fate worse than death for a CEO. Billionaires bellyache about it constantly on TV, contending they must know, right now, whether next year’s tax rates will rise. Republicans bewail uncertainty, insisting CEOs must know, right now, whether...

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: This Is Not America's Deal OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "Our leaders in Washington heard from the voters last month. They may need to hear from them again. According to news reports a budget deal is coalescing around some very unattractive and...

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: This Is Not America's Deal OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "Our leaders in Washington heard from the voters last month. They may need to hear from them again. According to news reports a budget deal is coalescing around some very unattractive and...

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: This Is Not America's Deal OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "Our leaders in Washington heard from the voters last month. They may need to hear from them again. According to news reports a budget deal is coalescing around some very unattractive and...

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: This Is Not America's Deal OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "Our leaders in Washington heard from the voters last month. They may need to hear from them again. According to news reports a budget deal is coalescing around some very unattractive and...

This Is Not America’s Deal

Our leaders in Washington heard from the voters last month. They may need to hear from them again.

According to news reports a budget deal is coalescing around some very unattractive and unwise ideas. The deal’s centerpiece is reportedly the “chained CPI,” a back-door tool for gutting Social Security benefits that also raises taxes on all levels of income – all levels, that is, except the highest.

Boehner Fiscal Cliff Proposal Is An Insult

We have two words for House Speaker John Boehner's proposal to resolve fiscal showdown. No deal. Campaign for America's Future co-directors Robert Borosage and Roger Hickey both condemned Boehner's latest offer, which would reportedly allow tax rates to go up on upper...

"The Primary Obstacle Is Not Constitutional It's Political"

If you are looking for thoughtful, informative dialog on the gun issue, take the time to look at Chris Hayes' show on both days this week-end, if you happened to miss them. Here's just one segment: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the...

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: A Still, Small Voice OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "Last year in Africa I heard the story of a nine-year-old girl who took her own life rather than face the horrors in her village. Her voice has spoken to me ever since, informing the work of my days...

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