Link: Obama Cut the Deficit and Slowed Spending to Lowest Level in 50 Years
Repeat After Me: Obama Cut the Deficit and Slowed Spending to Lowest Level in 50 Years
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What about the Middle Class?
The title of recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek says it all: Top 1% Got 93% of Income Growth as Rich-Poor Gap Widened. Much of this imbalance in income growth can be explained by looking...
Democratic State House candidate David Spring accuses Gregoire of bribery, endorses Republican Brad Toft
David Spring, a longtime Democratic activist and a candidate for State House in the 5th Legislative District, today accused Governor Gregoire of bribery: “there is abundant evidence that Governor Chris Gregoire gave Republican Senator...
Florida charter schools: big money, little oversight
“But while charter schools have grown into a $400-million-a-year business in South Florida, receiving about $6,000 in taxpayer dollars for every student enrolled, they continue to operate with little public oversight. Even when charter...
Global Warming – are we going to wake up and smell the carbon dioxide?
Big deal. Slow moving disaster. We can see it coming, like a slow moving avalanche, but we don’t appear to have the capacity to respond to slow moving disaster. McKibben has some thoughts on...
Link: The Cancer Lobby
Great NY Times article on one example why we need government regulation: The Cancer Lobby
Exit poll data to be cancelled in 19 states
The theatre that TV Election Night news coverage has become takes one more step into the absurd with cancellation of exit poll data in 19 states. The states that will be excluded from detailed...
SAFE Network: actions for housing justice
Upcoming Action: What: Foreclosure Auction Disruption. When: 9:00 AM – noon, Friday, Sept. 28. Where: Meet at SAFE’s office at Bethany (corner Beacon Ave. S and Graham St.). How: Noise-makers, signs. Why: To demand a moratorium...