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Open Thread: Watch And React To The President's Health Care Summit

By Isaiah J. Poole
February 25, 2010

President Obama's health care summit is being broadcast here live, courtesy of the White House. Use the "Discuss" link below to add your comments, or comment on Twitter using the #ourfuture hashtag and watch the Twitter discussion on the feed to the right of this page. Bill Scher's Twitter coverage is below.

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Too Big to Succeed: Dodd's Proposal Creates a Cumbersome Bureaucracy

By Richard (RJ) Eskow
March 17, 2010

When President Obama asked a group of senior executives for suggestions on streamlining government, it's unlikely that any of them suggested layers of new bureaucracy, vague marching orders, or management by committee. Yet Sen. read more »

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Many Desperations Pile Up, 5 More Ways The Senate Could Have Helped

By Natasha Chart
March 17, 2010

Wage theft has become more common in the downturn, the best the country's top economic policy makers can say about the job situation is that they don't "expect substantial further declines in unemployment thi read more »

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Chinese Currency Manipulation: "Not A Small Issue"

By Dave Johnson
March 17, 2010

The Chinese currency manipulation issue continues to make news.

Economist Paul Krugman lays out the stakes,

China is in effect imposing an anti-stimulus of that magnitude — which plausibly means 1.5 percent of GDP. This is not a small issue.

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The False Luxury of Time To Wait

By Terrance Heath
March 17, 2010

The choice is simple. The reform legislation we have doesn't far enough, but it's a step in the right direction, as opposed to standing still or moving backwards. But a step in the right direction, however small, builds momentum for the next step forward. By some estimates, progressives made this reform a great deal better than it would have been had we not engaged. When this reform bill is signed into law, progressive should — and I have every reason to believe we will — start the fight to expand it even before the ink dries on President Obama's signature.

We can either take a step in the right direction, or we can take a huge step back. Standing still is not an option.

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The African-American Community Needs A "Jobs Surge"

By Isaiah J. Poole
March 17, 2010

The nation is facing a jobs crisis, but “crisis” doesn’t begin to tell the story in the African-American community. “Five-alarm emergency” comes closer. read more »

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Progressive Breakfast: Conservatives Deemed Hypocrites

By Bill Scher
March 17, 2010
On the menu this morning:
  • Phony GOP Attack On House Rules
  • Dodd Bill Hit From All Sides
  • Bipartisan Bill Presses China On Currency
  • Weak WH Jobs Forecast
  • Conservatives Shill For Bank Lobby on Student Loan Reform
  • Next Steps On Climate In Senate Unclear

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Single-Lender for Student Loans: A Good Thing

By Armand Biroonak
March 17, 2010

Government in many instances can do it better. Student loan reform –that awaits passage through reconciliation –will end tens of billions in wasteful bank subsidies and give much of the savings to students (via Pell Grants). How? read more »

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The Bipartisan Solution that Creates 2 Million Jobs and Costs Nothing

By Mike Elk
March 16, 2010

Today a bipartisan group of 130 members of Congress, ranging from Dennis Kucinich on the left to Joe Wilson on the right, wrote to President Obama asking him to stop Chinese currency manipulation. The crisis with China is accelerating quickly, and is so severe that economist from all over the political spectrum are calling for the U.S. to take drastic action against China currency manipulation.

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"Deem and Pass" Is NOT "Without A Vote"

By Bill Scher
March 16, 2010

Several traditional media outlets are regurgitating the conservative spin that if the House uses the parliamentary procedure known as a "self-executing rule" or "deem and pass," it will be read more »

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