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House Republicans Draining at Least $600 Million a Week from the Economy
Kenneth Quinnell AFL-CIO At the end of 2013, an emergency unemployment compensation extension program that started in 2008 under President George W. Bush expired, meaning 1.3 million jobless workers...
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The Generations Should Fight Their Retirement Battles Together
By Richard (RJ) Eskow Writer; Host, "The Breakdown;" Senior Fellow, Campaign for America's Future This recent piece by Ayobami Olugbemiga has much to recommend it, but the most striking thing about it...
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After 50 Years, How To Move Forward In The War On Poverty
Terrance Heath Online Producer, Campaign for America’s Future Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson stood before Congress and declared war on poverty. His plans included broadening the food stamp...
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As with food stamps, so with Emergency Unemployment Compensation or EUC. It’s been estimated that for every dollar paid out as food stamps, about $1.73 goes back into the U.S. economy. By way of...
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A Sick Job Market — and How to Cure It
By Robert Kuttner Co-Founder and Co-Editor of The American Prospect Something is horribly wrong with both America’s employment situation and with the way we measure it. In case you missed the news, the...
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For the GOP, An Abyss Instead of Genuine Economic Ideas
By Richard (RJ) Eskow Writer; Host, "The Breakdown;" Senior Fellow, Campaign for America's Future When you look too long into the Abyss, said Nietzsche, the Abyss looks into you. “And,” adds comedian...
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Fear is Why Workers in Red States Vote Against Their Economic Self-Interest
By Robert Reich Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Professor at Berkeley Last week’s massive spill of the toxic chemical MCHM into West Virginia’s Elk River illustrates another benefit to the business...
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Free Trade and the Loss of U.S. Jobs
By Harold Meyerson Editor-at-Large, The American Prospect When President Obama delivers his State of the Union address this month, he will surely highlight the issue of growing economic inequality and...
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Luxury Buyers Lead the Way to Economic Recovery
By Jim Hightower Author, Commentator, America’s Number One Populist Who says the economy is down and that consumers aren’t willing to spend, spend, spend in order to stimulate new economic growth? The...
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Why There’s No Outcry
By Robert Reich Former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Professor at Berkeley People ask me all the time why we don’t have a revolution in America, or at least a major wave of reform similar to that of the...
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