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McCain banking on a Confederacy of Dunces
In These Times by David Sirota 10/24/08 Is John McCain stupid, or does he believe we are? That’s the question as he criticizes Barack Obama for allegedly trying to ‘redistribute the wealth’ with a plan... ...
Climbing Down the Ladder
Bob Herbert, The New York Times: "While the news media have been focusing on the banks, brokerage houses and mega-millionaires being buffeted by the ill winds of the financial crisis, the millions of lower-... ...
U.S. Economy: The Worst is Yet to Come
By Mark Weisbrot We are facing the prospect of millions losing their homes, their jobs, their retirement savings, their health insurance, and their livelihoods. http://www.i nformationclearinghouse.in fo/article20023.htm ----- --- The... ...
Bush's Child Health Policy Violated Law
According to Robert Pear of The New York Times, "The Bush administration violated federal law last year when it restricted states' ability to provide health insurance to children of middle-income families,... ...
Stocks Tumble Around World, Dollar Declines After Fed Cuts Rate
UBS AG posted its biggest drop in more than nine years in Zurich and Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. fell to the lowest in four years. Europe's Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index and Japan's Nikkei... ...
More than one crisis at World Bank
Christian Science Monitor 05/15/07 Whether Paul Wolfowitz remains president of the World Bank or not, the furor over his leadership raises questions about the importance of reforming the policies and... ...
GOP tries to kill minimum wage
According to Allard, employees in all states should expect that the good-hearted nature of business would compensate them in a way that's fair and just http://www.alternet.org/ blogs/peek/47225/ Who.. . ...
Your MasterCard or Your Life
"A disturbing new report shows that with health care costs continuing their sharp rise," writes Bob Herbert, "low- and middle-income patients are reaching for their credit cards with alarming frequency... ...
New Orleans's housing demolition policy hurts low- and middle-income residents the most
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The $70 Billion Tax Cut: Irresponsible and Obscene
Robert Reich writes, "The rich are now paying a smaller percentage of their income in taxes than at any time in the last seventy-five years. That they pay a lot of taxes nonetheless is a by-product of... ...