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A Progressive Path Forward On Trade

Economist Jared Bernstein says "corporate capture" of our trade process isn't the only thing we have to fix for trade to benefit all of us. We also have to do something about "excess savings." He means trade imbalances. Monday's Progressive Breakfast informs us that:...

Tax Fairness Group Petition: Curb Extreme Family Wealth

"The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the state because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government." - Teddy Roosevelt 1906 You and I pay income tax on our income. But what if you get a huge chunk of income by inheriting vast...

Obamacare's Biggest Problem is Profit, Not Government

It’s true: the Affordable Care Act is having problems. But Republicans who say those problems are caused by “big government” have it exactly backward. Obamacare's current difficulties are grounded in our country’s political fetishization of the private sector – a fad...

TPP "Partner" Jails Human Rights Blogger

Wall Street really wants Congress to override both presidential candidates and We the People, and push that Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) through after the election, but before the new President and Congress take office. As Politico's Morning Trade reported...

What Obama Never Got About Education

Education may have been mostly left out of this year's heated presidential election, but that hasn't stopped the current, outgoing president from shining a spotlight on his education record. "We've made a lot of progress" on education, President Obama recently...

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