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The Conference Board reported Tuesday that the preliminary January figure for consumer confidence in the U.S. fell to its lowest level in more than a year. So why are consumers so glum? Because they’re deeply worried about their jobs and their incomes—as they have every right to be.
Posted on Jan 30, 2013
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A newly released analysis by the Economic Policy Institute shows that the super rich have done well in the economic recovery while almost everyone else has done badly.
Posted on Jan 29, 2013
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Brace yourself. In coming weeks you’ll hear there’s no serious alternative to cutting Social Security and Medicare, raising taxes on middle class, and decimating what’s left of the federal government’s discretionary spending on everything from education and job training to highways and basic research.
Posted on Jan 29, 2013
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Soon after the president’s second inaugural address, House Speaker John Boehner said the White House would try “to annihilate the Republican Party” and “shove us into the dustbin of history.” Actually, the GOP is doing a pretty good job of that itself.
Posted on Jan 28, 2013
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If the neocons in the GOP who brought us the Iraq War and conjured up “weapons of mass destruction” to justify it are against Chuck Hagel for defense secretary, the former Republican senator gets bonus points in my book.
Posted on Jan 15, 2013
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A week before his inaugural, Obama says he won’t negotiate with Republicans over raising the debt limit. But the president’s strategy depends on there being enough sane voices left in the GOP to influence others. That’s far from clear.
Posted on Jan 14, 2013
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