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Doubling Exports

By Dave Johnson
February 9, 2010

In the State of the Union speech President Obama set a goal of doubling American exports by 2015. To begin the effort to meet this goal the Commerce Department is launching a National Export Initiative (NEI) to work on getting this done. more »

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My Big Fat Greek Bailout

By Mary Bottari
February 9, 2010

While Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was on the talk shows reassuring America that the economy is healing, developments in Europe threatened to cut the legs out from under a U.S. recovery. more »

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Not As They Do: Conservatives and the Deficit, Pt. 2

By Terrance Heath
February 9, 2010

Sarah Palin's keynote speech was quite a hit at this weekend's Tea Party convention. She even took a shot at pinning responsibility for the deficit on the Obama administration.

It's too bad Palin didn't have proper notes on hand, as she did for the Q & A after her speech. Then again, the message that it was actually the Bush administration that left us more in debt and less secure, wouldn't go over well with her audience.

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Tell The Senate: Stand With Students. Not Sarah Palin's Big Bank Buddies.

By Bill Scher
February 9, 2010

Right now, we taxpayers give big banks billions to subsidize their student loans. Giving big banks money is decidedly unpopular after the TARP bailout, among liberals and conservatives. So you'd think there would be consensus to end the subsidies.

Apparently not. more »

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Right-Wing Line That "Uncertainty" In D.C. Is Killing Jobs Doesn't Hold Up

By Isaiah J. Poole
February 9, 2010

On Friday, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its report that another 20,000 Americans had lost their jobs in January, the right-wing spin machine immediately unleashed one of their tried-and-true talking points: that the reason the economy is not creating new jobs is "uncertainty" created by Democratic policymakers in Washington. more »

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Progressive Breakfast: Will Republicans Show Up?

By Bill Scher
February 9, 2010
On the menu this morning:
  • Republicans Put Conditions On Attending Health Care Summit
  • Spotlight Turned On Half-Baked Conservative Health Care Ideas
  • Jobs Bill Talks Slog Through Second DC Snowstorm
  • Sen. Ben Nelson Backs Becker Filibuster, As WH Amps Up Filibuster Attack
  • Will Republicans Back Tax Increase To Fund Transportation?
  • Elizabeth Warren Takes On Wall Street In Wall Street Journal
  • Is Obama Failing or Succeeding?
  • Rep. John Murtha Remembered

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Tax Cuts HURT Small and Medium Businesses

By Dave Johnson
February 8, 2010

Much of the public believes that tax cuts "create jobs." A recent Rasmussen poll found that 59% of voters believe cutting taxes is better than increasing government spending as a job-creation tool. more »

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Quid Pro Quo: Collecting Wall Street Money For Blocking Financial Reform

By Dave Johnson
February 8, 2010

This is something people should know about. Every effort to reform financial regulations is blocked by Senate filibusters. Maybe now we know why.

From last week: Republicans Chase Wall Street Donors more »

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Spending Freeze Threatens Goal Of Clean Energy Economy

By Bill Scher
February 8, 2010

The White House is trying to show it can still invest in its top priorities while also instituting a freeze on the overall level of non-defense discretionary spending. more »

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Wall Street Whores

By Isaiah J. Poole
February 8, 2010

I don't like to use the term "whore" lightly. But what else, in our current economic environment, would you call this? more »

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