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Political Corruption: GOP Embraces the Ken Lay Way

By Leo Gerard
December 2, 2010

The GOP has adopted the Ken Lay principles – that is obfuscation, false statements and feigned innocence. Republicans are obfuscating about the real reason for their opposition to extending unemployment benefits, the way Enron CEO Ken Lay concealed the truth about billions in losses his corporation racked up. more »

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Vote for Hope

By Leo Gerard
October 28, 2010

'I'm voting for' image from ourfuture.org/voting forThe electorate is bitter and angry. It’s no wonder. more »

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Senators, The Unemployed Have A Job For You

By Isaiah J. Poole
July 12, 2010

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Three unemployed people — Ed Zibrida of Indiana, Jyl Forsyth of Michigan and Jeff Sumner of Kentucky — discuss the effect of the Senate conservative filibuster against unemployment benefits on their lives and their demand for urgent congressional action.

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, what will you say to Jeff Sumner of Louisville when the lights go out in his house at the end of this week? How proud will you be of your votes against extending unemployment insurance to him and millions of other workers?

Sumner is one of the more than 2 million people who have lost their unemployment benefits because of a weeks-old Senate filibuster against their extension led by McConnell, the chamber's minority leader. If the Senate does not break that filibuster this week, Sumner, who lost his extended unemployment benefits when Republicans blocked their continued authorization in early June, loses the utilities in his house. Shortly after that, he told me Friday for this audio report, he will lose his house. He will be homeless.

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Greed Explains the Disasters and the Lying Afterwards

By Leo Gerard
June 14, 2010

(This post is by Leo W. Gerard, international president of the United Steelworkers and by Cecil Roberts, international president of the United Mine Workers of America)

As oil mucked the Gulf of Mexico and families mourned 11 dead rig workers, BP officials proclaimed that the corporation’s priority always was safety. more »

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Conservative Unemployment Roadblock Will Cost States Millions

By Isaiah J. Poole
February 26, 2010

The latest bit of obstruction being staged by a Senate conservative, done in the name of limiting federal spending, is going to end up costing cash-strapped states millions of dollars as well as potentially causing millions of workers to lose their unemployment benefits. more »

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Kyl Does The Despicable: Holds Unemployment Benefits Hostage For Estate Tax Cut

By Isaiah J. Poole
February 25, 2010

McJoan at DailyKos says it best: "How despicable can these guys get?" more »

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Danger: Falling Middle Class

By Tula Connell
February 5, 2010
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Jack Cafferty at CNN this week more »

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Young Workers--Hit Hard, Hitting Back

By Liz Shuler
December 10, 2009

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Puleeze! Washington Post, Would You Stop Blaming ME For The Recession?

By Chris Collins
August 3, 2009

It was Saturday morning and I had just returned from yoga class and a few minutes shopping at the local farmers market. I poured myself a cup of coffee, picked up the newspaper and went to sit on my back porch to enjoy a few more minutes of relaxation before I started in on the day’s chores. more »

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What About Our Sinking Economy?

October 3rd, 2008
Now that Congress has voted to bailout Wall Street bankers, what about the rest of us? No one seriously believes that the $700 billion bailout will stop the oncoming recession. This morning, we learned the economy continued shedding jobs in September. Yet this week, Senate Republicans used a filibuster to kill a modest stimulus bill. We need help for the real economy, not just for the mess on Wall Street.
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