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Paul Krugman Reminds Us That Bowles-Simpson Was Terrible
Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games.
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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 Real Incumbent In Tonight's Debate Is The Plutocracy
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 Real Incumbent In Tonight's Debate Is The Plutocracy
The Real Incumbent In Tonight's Debate Is "The Plutocracy"
The conventional wisdom says that when a President runs for re-election the race becomes a referendum on the economy. Unemployment's still at record highs, poverty has soared, and middle-class Americans are struggling to stay afloat. And yet the President has a commanding lead in the polls.
It's Time to Debate Home Opportunity
For months I’ve been part of a chorus of voices calling on the presidential candidates to talk about home opportunity. Their virtual silence on addressing foreclosures, restoring devastated communities, ensuring fair housing and lending, and resurrecting the American Dream has been both outrageous and baffling.
Rights Report Describes Romney-Owned "Brutal Chinese Sweatshop"
The Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights has issued a report describing the company Mitt Romney invested in and described in the now-famous secret video – Global-Tech – as a "brutal Chinese sweatshop."
Unraveling The Romney/Bain Tax Story
The complicated story of how the 1%ers and their corporations evade democracy's taxes is the story of our crumbling schools and infrastructure and the flow of all the gains of our economy to a very few at the top. This tax evasion is also part of the story of our deficits and debt. The tax evasion is "legal" -- because the tax evaders pay the people who write the tax laws.
Why Conservatives Have Lost "The Real Referendum"
In his most recent column, Paul Krugman makes a convincing case that the "real referendum" in this election isn't about President Obama's (real or imagined) economic policies, but about the "the legacy of the New D
Scott Brown's Scalia Moment Ends The "Independent" Charade
How do you know that Elizabeth Warren won yesterday's debate with Sen. Scott Brown?
Both campaigns released web videos today. But only Warren's features a moment from the debate: The Scalia Moment.
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.
