by Leo Gerard | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog
Image by Ryan Merkley on Flickr Republicans have conjured for Americans a monster more frightening than any Hollywood has ever produced for Halloween. It pales “The Shining.” It is a two-headed beast Donald Trump calls...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog
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:...
by Bill Scher | Oct 31, 2016 | Blog
[fve]https://youtu.be/NIXKGILUH8A[/fve] In the latest video from the Main Street Alliance, a national network of state-based small business coalitions, Mike Price of New Jersey tells the story of why he wouldn't let his Price Communications go into business with...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 31, 2016 | Blog
"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...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 31, 2016 | Blog
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...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 28, 2016 | Blog
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...
