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A Tale of Two Economies

- Barbara Ehrenreich
Submitted by Tracy Huang
January 23rd, 2008
"We have become so unequal as a nation that we increasingly occupy two different economies -- one for the rich and one for everyone else -- and the latter has been in a recession, if not a depression, for a long, long time. Not all economists can bring themselves to admit this."

   9 January 2008 Source

Barbara Ehrenreich. "Recession, Who Cares?" Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barbara-ehrenreich/recession-who-cares_b_8...

The Economic Pains of the Middle Class

- Representative Nancy Pelosi
Submitted by Tracy Huang
January 14th, 2008
"Middle-class Americans’ paychecks are flat or dropping, while health care costs continue to rise and home heating costs are skyrocketing. U.S. trade deficits and the borrowing from China to fund tax cuts will have real and harsh impacts on future generations."

    Source

Robert L. Borosage, Robert Loper, et al. Straight Talk: Common Sense for the Common Good. http://ourfuture.org/straighttalk.

A Stronger Voice for Workers

- Senator Edward Kennedy
Submitted by Tracy Huang
January 14th, 2008
"It’s time to return to a world where workers obtain their fair share of the nation’s economic growth. The best way to do so is to give them a stronger voice in the workplace…"

   27 March 2007 Source

Robert L. Borosage, Robert Loper, et al. Straight Talk: Common Sense for the Common Good. http://ourfuture.org/straighttalk.

The Growing Gap Between Consumers and Corporations

- Senator Hillary Clinton
Submitted by Tracy Huang
January 14th, 2008
"And let’s be clear. It’s not as if America hasn’t been successful economically these past years. But the measure of success doesn’t relate what’s happening in households across our country, because, while productivity and corporate "

    Source

Robert L. Borosage, Robert Loper, et al. Straight Talk: Common Sense for the Common Good. http://ourfuture.org/straighttalk.

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The Dummies' Guide to Stupid Leaders and Misleading Numbers

By Allison Kilkenny
From huffingtonpost.com
May 5th, 2008
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huffingtonpost.com — In case you didn't know, the loss of 20,000 American jobs in April is actually good news. You see, economists had predicted 73,000 jobs would be lost last month, so thank God we dodged that bullet, right?!

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Portrait of an Oil-Addicted Former Superpower

By Michael T. Klare
From tomdispatch.com
May 9th, 2008
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tomdispatch.com — An observer might be pardoned for wondering whether there hadn't been two super losers in the Cold War. Had the Soviet Union simply imploded first, while the U.S., enwreathed in a cloud of self-congratulation, was almost unbeknownst to itself also slowly making its way toward an exit?

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Three Things that Won't Help the Foreclosure Crisis

By Liz Chimienti and Dean Baker
From cepr.net
May 9th, 2008
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cepr.net — As Congress seeks to pass legislation to stem the foreclosure crisis, legislation containing elements of these proposals should not be on the table.

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Will the Mortgage Industry Pay for Its Crimes?

By Danny Schechter
From alternet.org
May 9th, 2008
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alternet.org — Borrowers are being crushed under the credit crisis. Someone needs to pay.

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Working Class Elitists

By Ali Eteraz
From huffingtonpost.com
May 8th, 2008
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huffingtonpost.com — Ladies and gentlemen: welcome to an America where not only is being working class a code word for being the lowliest kind of human, but if you resist this smear, then you are an elitist.

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Seven Habits of Highly Effective Finance Regulators

By Martin Wolf
From ft.com
May 7th, 2008
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ft.com — What, then, should such regulation look like? Here are seven principles — or the "seven Cs" — of regulation.

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The Middle Class Squeeze Is A Result Of Tax Cuts

By Dave Johnson
From huffingtonpost.com
May 6th, 2008
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huffingtonpost.com — It is not a coincidence that the middle-class squeeze began at the same time as the corporate-funded anti-government, tax-cutting fervor. In fact, many of the reasons the middle class feels squeezed are the result of pressures brought about almost entirely from the effects of tax cuts and cutbacks in government services, regulations and enforcement that went along with the tax cuts.

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McCain's Delusional Tax Plan

By Robert Gordon and James Kvaal
From prospect.org
May 6th, 2008
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prospect.org — The McCain Agenda: John McCain has adopted a tax plan that covers up massive giveaways to the rich with absurd assertions and faulty calculations.

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Helping the Unemployed

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From nytimes.com
May 6th, 2008
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