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Weve Foreclosed On Ourselves

Faced with a foreclosure fiasco of astounding proportions — as chronicled by my fellow bloggers, Zach Carter and Richard Eskow —  in which banks practically kick down doors to foreclose on homes even when they can't prove ownership of the...

The Healthcare is Too Damn High (Video)

The Healthcare is Too Damn High from CEPR Oh My goodness. The deficits are out of control. We have to do something! What is wrong with the deficits? Well, we have to cut them. Why? Because if we don’t do something, something really bad will happen Like what? The...

Free Trade By Any Other Name

"Free trade" by any other name ... is still just a scam to pit workers against each other and evade the protections of democracy. We, the People fought to build this democracy with its laws and institutions and protections. This fight brought us a middle class with...

The DCRest-Of-Us Divide And Its Consequences

A CBS poll shows that only 6% of the public is concerned about budget deficits or taxes. The rest of us are more concerned about jobs and the economy, with very good reason. The Washington elite are insulated from the pain the rest of us and are focused on the deficit...

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