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- 5 Easy And Effective Ways To Reverse Income Inequality
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- Fast-Food Workers Strike For Higher Wages In New York City
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- Fast-Food Workers Across U.S. Push For Higher Wages
- 4 Simple Reasons Why Congress Should Raise The Minimum Wage
Why Republicans Can’t Address Rising Inequality
Joe ConasonSo far, the Republican response to President Obama’s historic address on economic inequality has not veered from the predictable clichés of Tea Party rhetoric.
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Obama’s Bigger Playing Field
E. J. DionneLOUISVILLE, KY. — The debate over the Affordable Care Act can stay small, focusing on website failures and other short-term difficulties facing the law. Or it can get bigger, with wider insurance coverage seen as part of a larger struggle for social justice in a nation growing steadily less equal.
On Wednesday in Washington, President Obama decided it was time to go bigger. With HealthCare.
Republicans Revive Mitt Romney’s Favorite Medicare Attack
Henry DeckerWith HealthCare.gov substantially improved and new insurance signups surging, Republicans have been forced to pivot to a new line of attack against the Affordable Care Act. On Tuesday, the National Republican Senatorial Committee issued a series of news releases accusing Democratic candidates of cutting Medicare through their support of the health care reform law.
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Yes, Santa Claus, There is A Virginia: ‘Recount’ And Potential ‘Contest’ Still Ahead In Virginia AG Race
Originally posted at The Brad Blog
Election 2013 is but a memory — good or bad — for much of the nation. But, in Virginia, election officials, attorneys and partisans will still be as busy as elves throughout much of the holiday season, and potentially even beyond, determining the final results of the statewide November 5 attorney general election this year.
Tip In Cash, And Don’t Be A Jerk
Yesterday, while attending a luncheon at a Cleveland party center, I stopped by the bar to ask about tipping policies.
I do this because I learned a decade ago that sticking a tip into a jar does not necessarily mean the gratuity goes to the person who is serving you.
This is true where you live, too. I’ve learned that from experience, too.
Republicans Grossly Out Of Touch With The Public On Iran
In mid-September, the predictions were dour.
President Obama’s stance on strikes against Syria was not just unpopular (with more than 70 percent of the public opposing intervention without congressional approval), it was a disaster.
Why Republicans Can’t Address Rising Inequality
So far, the Republican response to President Obama’s historic address on economic inequality has not veered from the predictable clichés of Tea Party rhetoric.
Read more...
Obama’s Bigger Playing Field
LOUISVILLE, KY. — The debate over the Affordable Care Act can stay small, focusing on website failures and other short-term difficulties facing the law. Or it can get bigger, with wider insurance coverage seen as part of a larger struggle for social justice in a nation growing steadily less equal.
On Wednesday in Washington, President Obama decided it was time to go bigger. With HealthCare.
House Speaker Boehner Hires Pro-Immigration Reform Advisor
In a move that may be a positive sign for comprehensive immigration reform, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has hired well-known immigration advisor Rebecca Tallent to his staff.
Tallent, a longtime advocate for immigration reform, once advised Republican senator John McCain (AZ) on immigration reform and is said to be responsible for his push to pass reform under former president George W.
WATCH: Rush Limbaugh Says The Pope Gave President Obama ‘An Orgasm’
Some are calling the income inequality address President Obama gave on Wednesday “the best speech he’s ever given about the economy” and “historic.”
Rush Limbaugh had a different reaction.
Republicans Revive Mitt Romney’s Favorite Medicare Attack
With HealthCare.gov substantially improved and new insurance signups surging, Republicans have been forced to pivot to a new line of attack against the Affordable Care Act. On Tuesday, the National Republican Senatorial Committee issued a series of news releases accusing Democratic candidates of cutting Medicare through their support of the health care reform law.
Read more...5 Startling Statistics From President Obama’s Income Inequality Speech
President Obama made the case that expanding opportunity for the middle class has become the key goal of his administration. He vowed he would continue to pursue it for the remainder of his time in office by reducing inequality, in his speech at The Center for American Progress on Wednesday.
Read more...Obama Bemoans Inequality In Political Comeback Bid
Washington (AFP) – Barack Obama on Wednesday returned to the core economic philosophy of middle class opportunity on which he has centered his presidency, as he strives to exit a second term slump.
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Entitlement ‘Reformers’ Admit Taxing The Rich Would Help, A Lot
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Originally posted at The Washington Spectator
Austerity has always been a political choice, not a practical one.
That point was underscored yet again when the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) released a report on the pensions enjoyed by backers of Fix The Debt, a corporate-funded austerity advocacy group.
