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Austerity
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Republicans Debating Republicans: Social Welfare Cuts
President Obama has given in to Republicans over and over again during his first four years in office. We need to remind him that he's the President.
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Fiscal Cliff: Let’s Call Their Bluff!
Desperate times call for radical measures.
Thousands Protest Michigan’s Anti-Union Law, But Deep Pockets of Right-Wing Backers Prevail
Michigan Republican Governor Rick Snyder has signed into law two highly controversial anti-union bills, officially making the historic union stronghold the 24th so-called
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Fiscal Cliff
Fiscal Cliff by Matt Bors
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Republican and Democratic “Remedies” Ensure More Crises, but Alternatives That Work Are Taboo
Both Republican and Democratic plans for the economy leave the system that produced this crisis and will produce more crises unchanged. There IS an alternative, argues economist Rick Wolff.
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The Cost of Austerity? Just Look at the UK Economy, It’s a Mess
Conservatives laughed off criticism of austerity, but itu2019s clear they were wrong.
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In the US, an Insecure Economy Needs a Stronger Safety Net
Staff at the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington, working on the company’s new 787 Dreamliner jets earlier this year. (Photo: Stuart Isett / The New York Times)Looking at The …
Why the Fiscal Cliff Is a Scam
The fiscal cliff is a scam - so says Professor James K. Galbraith.
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Paul Krugman: Beyond Fiscal Cliff, an Austerity Bomb
Paul Krugman: The phrase austerity bomb is a much better term than fiscal cliff to describe what's scheduled to happen at the end of the year.
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Americans Want Leadership Now on Real Cliffs: Jobs and Human Survival
We need to drop the 'fiscal cliff' politicking and tell the truth about our poor economy and climate change.