Progressive Breakfast
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MORNING MESSAGE: Don't Let Them Push Social Security Off The Fiscal Cliff Read Post
Obama And Romney Keep Trading Jabs On Manufacturing And China
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The presidential campaign is in high gear, and both candidates are firing back and forth with "I can do more to save manufacturing than you can" and "I can do more about China than you can." Read Post
Don’t Let Them Push Social Security Off The Fiscal Cliff
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They call it the "fiscal cliff," but it's Social Security that's going to be pushed over it, unless we speak out now.
The forces of austerity in Washington are using the prospect of automatic spending cuts and tax increases at the end of the year to pressure Congress into a "grand bargain," slashing Social Security benefits in the name of deficit reduction. Read Post
Demonizing The Poor: It’s What’s For Dinner
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This is awful, but I expect it happens every day and is only getting worse with the GOP assault on the "parasites": Read Post
HuffPost Live Video Discussion on “The Radical Rich”
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The Huffington Post's new online video component is called HuffPost Live. Read Post
The Three Moments That Wrecked The Romney Campaign, And Their Common Thread: Conservatism
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Mitt Romney arguably lost Ohio on November 18, 2008, when he penned an oped titled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt." Today, 64% of Ohio voter Read Post
Progressive Breakfast
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MORNING MESSAGE: No Grand Bargain Without Jobs Trigger Read Post
Hedge Fund Hype, Wall Street Horoscopes, and Drop-Top Jets: The Magical Minds of the “Radical Rich”
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Strange stories from the newswires: Thousands of Wall Street traders subscribe to "financial astrology" newsletters. A series of wealthy Americans erupt into rage-filled public outbursts. Mitt Romney wonders why you can't open a jet's windows in mid-flight. Read Post
Ohio And China — One Side Promises While The Other Delivers
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Ohio is the center of the Presidential election, and the center of the fight over manufacturing policy and trade policy. Polls overwhelmingly show that the public gets it that the trade deal with China is the core of the problem. So both campaigns are making promises to fix the problem. One difference, though, is that one side just makes promises while the other side has actually delivered. Read Post
“Government Doesn’t Have the Resources to Stop It”
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People want the President to exert leadership to turn things around.
The oil leak. Unemployment. Credit card scams. Foreclosures. Predatory corporations. Environmental destruction. Global warming. Roads and bridges crumbling. Incomes stagnant. Schools getting worse. Companies moving overseas. Problem after problem. Read Post
