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Progressive Breakfast
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security.
MORNING MESSAGE: The Doublethink Debate
Less Than Zero: Rep. Mary Bono Mack Opposes the Middle Class - And Slurs Her Own District
Wealthy Republican incumbent Mary Bono Mack is locked in a tight and bitter Congressional race against a progressive Democrat with an inspiring story. While her campaign focuses on red-baiting her opponent (yes, they still do that in 2012), a new nonpartisan analysis shows that Mack scores "zero" on voting for the interests of the middle class.
The Obama Plan vs. The Romney No Plan
Mitt Romney's jobs plan is a collection of bullet points masking the fact that he has literally no proposals to create jobs.
Romney, Republicans Again Side With China Over US Companies
China and the US are in a fight to win a share of the millions of jobs and trillions of dollars that will come from the new alternative-energy industries that are gearing up to replace oil and coal.
Trade Deficit - One Root Of Many Problems
You buy things till your wallet is empty. So you raid the savings account to buy more stuff. Then you get a loan, and buy more stuff. Another loan, another, you keep buying stuff... Finally you're selling off the tools you had used to make a living. That's where the country is now because of the huge imbalance in our trade relationships.
China Exports Trouble to U.S.
Over the years, China exported all sorts of toxic, dangerous and killer products to the United States.
Debate Debate
So, I'm hearing this morning that despite the fact that President Obama clearly won last night's foreign policy debate, he actually lost:
Job Fear From Trade Deficit Is What Happened To Jobs And The Middle Class
The middle class is disappearing. Our economy is "hollowing out" because the money goes to the top and the people fall to the bottom. This is because we allow American companies to close factories here and open them there, shipping the same goods back here to sell in the same stores, costing jobs, companies, industries and our economy.
Changing Our Dysfunctional Relationship with China
With Chinese President Hu Jintao’s state visit, it is a good time to reflect on how the dysfunctional U.S.-China relationship has developed, and to consider why it may be time for a trial separation. For nearly 40 years, the U.S. and China seem to have modeled their partnership on Sid and Nancy.
U.S.-China Trade and Jobs: It's All A Matter Of Perspective
In a New York Times Economix blog post, David Barboza suggests that things are looking better in U.S.-China trade because America's exports to the People's Republic are increasing.
Barboza cites a U.S.-China Business Council study that
