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Ask a Keynesian: With US Borrowing Capped, Won’t More Pentagon Spending Destroy Jobs?
In the current federal budget political context, unnecessary Pentagon spending destroys American jobs.
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Eight Reasons Democrats Should Refuse a Shutdown “Grand Bargain“
The GOP's trying to solve the problem it has created for itself by offering the administration something they both seem to want: Social Security cuts, and perhaps benefit reductions …
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William Rivers Pitt | Half the Republicans You Know Are Insane
William Rivers Pitt: The crazy will elect the crazy every single time; that's why the government is shut down, and a disastrous default looms, in case you were wondering.
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Crazy Like Foxes
One of the major misunderstandings of this budget mess is that it's about Republicans just running around willy-nilly screaming “nonononono” like toddlers having a temper tantrum. I know it …
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This Week, Let’s Help Burlington Kill the $1.5 Trillion F-35 Taxpayer Ripoff
We have just a week left to help Burlington, Vermont, kill the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the biggest taxpayer ripoff in human history.
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Seven Things You Should Know About the Wackiest “Fiscal Crisis” Yet
Sometime in the next week, Congress will either get it together to pass a new budget resolution or the government will shut down.
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At the Crossroads: Another Maldives Is Possible
An election confronts Maldivians with an important choice about their leadership and with implications for global climate justice.
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What Then Can I Do? Ten Ways to Democratize the Economy
Here are ten ways one person can help move our society down the path toward a more democratic, equal and ecologically sustainable future.
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Stand Up to Republican Bullies
Call off your dogs, Attorney General Holder. Don't make Justice Antonin Scalia school you on the First Amendment.
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Beating Swords Into Solar Panels: Re-Purposing America’s War Machine
It is possible to harvest military-generated technology and repurpose it for a clean energy economy.