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We Need More Health Care Debate! = Filibuster

Today for the second day in a row, the President made formal remarks exposing the true agenda of the "don't rush health care" posse: "I understand that some will try to delay action until the special interests can kill it while others will simply focus on scoring...

Making It In America: A Key Progressive Objective

The widespread frustration with this nation's perceived lack of urgency and focus on industrial policy was captured well in Monday's New York Times article on the subject, which contained this sobering fact: "The United States ranks behind every industrial nation...

Obama v. Jindal. Round 2. Health Care. It's Not Pretty.

Five months ago, Republican rising star Gov. Bobby Jindal was tapped to formally respond to President Barack Obama's address to the joint session of Congress. Jindal's fact-challenged speech, dismissive of basic government functions like protecting against natural...

Washington Post Can't Read Its Health Care Poll Either

Are the biggest opponents of health care reform the nation's headline writers? Because once again, a newspaper's headline of its own poll fails to report the real news about public support for health care reform. Last week it was USA Today, refusing to acknowledge...

It's The Economic Paradigm, Stupid!

I am happy to announce that beginning today I will be working as a Fellow and blogger with Campaign for America's Future. This post introduces the areas I will be pursuing. The economy is terrible. There aren't enough jobs. Most of the jobs that are still there are...

From Tax Breaks to Tax Hits

In the struggle for a less unequal America, could the House health care surtax on the wealthy turn out to be a game-changer? The push to overhaul the system that takes care of America’s health may be on the verge of morphing into something even grander, a...

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