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Crash Tax: Wall Street Reparations

By Leo Gerard
November 16, 2011

Wall Street waged war on the American economy and middle class with its reckless gambling.

It wasn’t Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac that crashed the economy. It wasn’t the federal government. It wasn’t hapless homeowners who were sold mortgages they couldn’t afford. more »

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The 99% Seek a Just Economy, Not Just an Economy

By Leo Gerard
October 24, 2011

Republicans jammed together a mess of old, failed and vague schemes and called it a jobs bill. Sen. more »

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False Fear: Cyborgs Instead of CEOs

By Leo Gerard
March 28, 2011

The nightmare for far too many is Cyborgs. The public fears HAL, the 2001 Space Odyssey computer that killed astronauts rather than forfeit its objective.

So terrified of the sentient machine, citizens overlook the allegory. The soft-spoken, reasonable-sounding HAL behaves exactly like a greed-driven, multi-national corporation. The corporate mission is profit. more »

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Paul Ryan On Limited Government

By Joe Firestone
February 1, 2011

In my last two posts I reviewed the deficit reduction aspects of Paul Ryan's Republican response to the SOTU. But Ryan also placed considerable emphasis on the idea of “limited government” in his response. In this post, I want to evaluate what he had to say on this theme. more »

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On Labor Day, Work to Save the Middle Class

By Leo Gerard
September 3, 2010

This Labor Day feels gloomy. It’s a celebration of work when there is not enough of it, a day off when too many desperately seek a day on.

America has commemorated two Labor Days since this brutal recession began near the end of George Bush’s presidency in December of 2007. more »

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Jobless Organize to Remove Republican Royalists From Their Jobs

By Leo Gerard
August 25, 2010

Glenn Beck made it official on Fox News last week: He’s seeking the office of 21st Century Marie Antoinette.

The queen of France, beheaded during the revolution, attained infamy for insensitivity toward hungry peasants. more »

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Obama "Pay Czar" Contradicts G20 Claims

By Dave Johnson
September 25, 2009

This story just hit the news: "Pay czar" will not cap compensation, reveal names. (Apologies for using the idiotic Glenn Beck term "Czar" to describe an adviser to the President, but Reuters felt it was appropriate to use Glenn Beck's framing, so I have to in order to report on it.) more »

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G20 Thursday -- The Issues

By Dave Johnson
September 24, 2009

I am in Pittsburgh for the G20. The big issues here are,

  • Economic restructuring to prevent another collapse, including regulation of banks, with banker pay a key component of what other countries are identifying as a problem,
  • Trade imbalances,
  • Climate,
  • Jobs, and
  • Jobs.
  • And jobs.

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