budget crisis
Simple solutions for deficits and debt
February 9, 2011A few weeks ago Citigroup’s Robert Rubin wrote a column advising readers and policymakers on how to surmount the current economic and financial crisis. Beware of such counsel!
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Right-wing “blizzard narrative” is anti-worker snow job
February 2, 2011As a massive winter storm pounds much of the country, the tea party/Republicans are pushing a disastrous narrative: strangle vital public services, like snowplowing, then blame public workers and their unions.
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Ohio rallies show surging anger over cuts
January 18, 2011Militant rallies in Columbus and Cincinnati on Friday voiced mounting anger at threats by Republican Gov. John Kasich to slash jobs, services and union rights.
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Anger erupts over slash-to-the-bone state budget
December 22, 2010SEATTLE - Public employee unions and the people they serve denounced the budget unveiled by Gov. Chris Gregoire, which slashes vital services and jobs.
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A do-it-yourself kit on plutocracy and the deficit
November 22, 2010How can you tell whether you live in a plutocracy? Easy. Just conduct this simple test.
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