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28 juillet 2010, par Richard Eskow — Social Security, 501c(3), Social Security Works
There's a battle going on between those who are defending Social Security - that is to say, the "good guys" - and those like economist Alice Rivlin and Wall Street banker/giveaway king Neel Kashkari, who would cut it. The attackers pretend to see nuances that don't exist, slanting their (...)
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28 juillet 2010, par Dave Johnson — Making It In America, 501c(3), Buy American, infrastructure, investment, Make It In America, manufacturing, Trade, Is Manufacturing Making It?
House leaders deserve praise for fighting for working people by launching a "Make It In America" initiative which they officially unveiled today. The country still badly needs an immediate job-creation effort, but this is a very important longer-term initiative for reviving America's (...)
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28 juillet 2010, par Robert Borosage — An Economy for All, Social Contract, Progressive Vision, 501c(3)
Washington is enmeshed in the economic version of the phony war. The two sides have declared war on one another, but neither has faced up to the fierce battles yet to come. Too few seem aware of the staggering challenges that face this country.
Here is a summary of the carnage wrought by the (...)
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28 juillet 2010, par Terrance Heath — An Economy for All, Making It In America, The Big Con, 501c(3)
In the metro-D.C. area, if it isn't electricity it's the water. The wind shifts direction or a simple summer storm is all it takes to knock out one or the other — and, many times, both. But we don't just have a problem with power. Our biggest challenge is the politics of (...)
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28 juillet 2010, par Leo Gerard — An Economy for All, 501c(4), AAM, Alliance for American Manufacturing, American Manufacturing, China, Chrysler, currency manjipulation, Daniel Lipinski, Grand Cherokee, Jeep, manufacturing, Mark Mellman, Mellman Group, One Nation Working Together, Rosie the Riveter, Unite, Whit Ayres
Rosie the Riveter defiantly rolls up her blue work shirt to show off a brawny bicep. She’s a symbol of American strength.
She worked in a manufacturing job, one of millions that constructed the defense machine that won World War II for the Allies. She said, “We can do it.” And America did. (...)