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ObamaCare Pays Off – in Real Cash
In a famous “Laugh In” sketch, Lily Tomlin, playing arrogant operator Ernestine, telephones a customer to demand payment of $23.64 for three calls to Topeka and threatens to send a burly serviceman to the customer’s house to rip his phone out of the wall if he doesn't pay.
Ernestine was the face of smug and uncaring Bell Te
Tavis Smiley Says Fight Poverty With Living-Wage Jobs
As the political establishment prepares to do battle Friday over what is likely to be another mediocre jobs report, talk-show host Tavis Smiley this afternoon called for a living-wage jobs program as part of an all-out offensive against poverty in America.
Sarkozys Footsteps Will the Democrats Be Next
And another one bites the dust.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy just became the latest politician to lose his job because he wouldn't let economic experience—or political common sense—sway him from the path of austerity.
Tell The Senate To Act On Student Loan Debt
As the Senate prepares to vote Tuesday on legislation that will stop a scheduled doubling of the rate on Stafford student loans on July 1, conservatives are engaged in a shameless (and shameful) effort to detail the effort.
Standing Between Them And The Pitchforks
Must read of the morning, by Peter J Boyer and Peter Schweitzer at Newsbeast:
Paul Ryans Latest Budget Bill Shows Hes Still A Coward
Originally published at Capital Gains and Games.
Progressive Breakfast - 5/7/2012
MORNING MESSAGE: Sarkozy's Fate a Cautionary Tale
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Sarkozy's Fate a Cautionary Tale
Student Loan Relief Is An Investment Not A Cost
Republicans in the US House of Representatives have scheduled a vote on Friday to stop interest rates on college student loans from doubling beginning July 1.
Wealthy of the World Unite — and Party
From Manhattan to Monaco, the world's super rich are fashioning themselves into a new global tribe of footloose and stateless. The rest of us get to gawk — and foot the ultimate bill.
