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Deficit reduction: DOs and DON’Ts

By Eric Lotke
September 30, 2009

The forum on American debt and deficit had it right. First, don’t panic. Don’t stop the stimulus spending or raise taxes with the economy still near the bottom. read more »

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Electoral Support For The Public Option

By Natasha Chart
September 30, 2009

Several recent polls have focused on national support for a public option, usually showing that support to be at levels that would translate to hefty electoral margins even greater than those the Democrats secured in 2008. However, we don't have a direct, but a representative democracy. read more »

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Blocking Health Care Reform is Not a Winner for Grassley

By Ella Humphry
September 23, 2009

Across the right wing blogosphere, conservatives are rubbing their hands with glee. They think the Republican strategy of blocking real health care reform is beginning to pay off. To quote Senator Jim DeMint, "If we are able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo. read more »

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Insurance Industry Plays The Victim, Admits To Rationing Care For Profit

By Brian Dockstader
August 28, 2009

The New York Times ran an article this morning that has been sparking some commentary in the blogosphere. In a piece that was essentially The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes" put to paper, we were presented with a sad tale of how we should feel sorry for the insurance industry, who are, in fact, the real victims of the health care debate.

I, for one, was wondering when someone would have the courage to stand up for the little guy, the Stephen Hemsley's of the world.

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Progressives: Dumb It Down!

By Brian Dockstader
August 27, 2009
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Who's Paying to Kill Health Reform?

By Sarah Shive
August 24, 2009

In watching town hall after town hall, many of us have looked at attendees frantically spouting nonsense about "death panels" and comparing the public health insurance option to Hitler and wondered, "where do they get these people?"

Inspired by John Boehner and friends, Campaign for America's Future brings you... read more »

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Health Care Decision: Who Does Government Help?

By Dave Johnson
August 17, 2009

The health care debate is bringing America's division out into the open: Is America going to work for the benefit of its people or for the few who benefit from concentrated ownership of large corporations? Who is our economy FOR, anyway? read more »

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Toyota Plant: The Competition Is With Canada (and Mexico)

By Marcy Wheeler
July 31, 2009

I've been meaning to cover the likely closure of the joint Toyota-GM plant in Fremont, Calif., for some time. But this comment from DiFi is worth a post in itself.

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Why is Arkansas Rep. Mike Ross Blocking Health Care Reform?

By Sarah Shive
July 23, 2009

Rep. Mike Ross, a Blue Dog Democrat and obstructionist hailing from the 4th District of Arkansas, is leading a coalition of Blue Dogs to attempt to derail the House health care bill by keeping it from leaving the House Energy & Commerce Committee. So far, committee chairman Rep. Henry Waxman has had to cancel mark-up of the health care bill for two days straight because of Rep. read more »

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Health Care's Private Bureaucrats

By Seth Extein
July 23, 2009

Republicans like House Minority Leader John Boehner continually inject fear-mongering into the health care debate by saying the current reform bill would “put bureaucrats in charge of medical decisions rather than patients and doctors.” read more »

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