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G-20 On Currency -- Maybe In November

by Dave Johnson | Oct 25, 2010 | Blog

The G-20 is trying to calm fears of a currency war and will take up currency problems again when leaders meet in November. Bloomberg: G-20 to Avoid `Competitive Devaluation,' Prod China, Group of 20 finance chiefs vowed to avoid weakening currencies to lift exports...

Vote For Jobs

by Dave Johnson | Oct 25, 2010 | Blog, Economy

Visit the "I'm Voting For..." campaign Should you vote? Does your vote matter? If you care about jobs, your vote really, really matters this time. If the Tea Party wave does manage to take over the House and/or Senate the plans they have announced will mean a jobs...

The People Who Own The Country Ought To Govern It

by | Oct 25, 2010 | Blog

That's founder and first supreme court justice John Jay. Must-see video from GRIT TV about the Chamber of Whores: More here. Obviously, Big Money has always been the most powerful influence in American politics (maybe all politics.) But until they adopted the Randian...

Shhh Hear That Steve Stivers Silent on Aid to Seniors

by | Oct 25, 2010 | Blog

We're working with some of the best state-level bloggers from around the country to help us tell the truth about key economic and social policy issues, and to draw the contrast between the rhetoric of the right and the progressive alternative. Please visit our CAF...

Wall Streets Tea Party

by Zach Carter | Oct 25, 2010 | Blog

The Tea Party likes to wrap itself in "grassroots" contempt for wealthy elites, but the 12 leading Tea Party Senate candidates have accepted over $4.6 million in campaign contributions from Wall Street for the upcoming election. Despite all the Tea Party rhetoric...