The Common Good is Patriotism
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This is the third of a series of blogs I started last week. Read part one here and part two here. Throughout human history, the pursuit and commitment to the common good has been necessary
How the “Grand Bargain” will screw regular folks
Washington is all abuzz with the possibility of a Washington consensus, a Beltway consensus. While we all know that legislative negotiations are critical, we know equally well that regular folks usually get screwed when
Protect The Big Three!
The radical rightwinger Paul Ryan has submitted his budget. 60% of his cuts come from healthcare for the poor. Did you ever notice that any of former Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan’s budgets
Folks Who Work Like Us
Reckon those Republicans and Democrats who are so anxious to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid have ever had a real job – a job like everyone reading this think of as work, a
Working People Need Job Growth & Wage Growth
The Jobs report the other day showed a decrease in unemployment in every sector that the government measures – except for public sector employment. You could say that the economy is slowly but clearly coming
4 Reasons to SAVE Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security!
With the silly, stupid sequester still not fully felt, word is that President Obama and some group of Republican Members of Congress will meet soon to try to negotiate the so-called “Grand Bargain.” Everyone
A Movement for the Needs of Our People
This week we’ve written and talked about the elements that should be at the foundation of our labor movement and American politics and society. Our failure to keep those elements in place, honor them, and
NYE Deal: A Recap
Our work and the work of Americans like us paid off with a significant victory in the last two days in the resolution of the so-called fiscal cliff fight. The teabaggers and the rightwing Republican
We have an obligation to our Seniors and Vets
In Washington, they call them entitlements with a sneer, as if they wish President Roosevelt hadn’t pushed through Social Security and President Johnson hadn’t pushed through Medicare and Medicaid in the wake of President
Keep the Heat on your Senators and Representatives!
Something akin to bargaining or negotiating proceeds between the White House and John Boehner, the Speaker of the House of Representatives to avoid the fiscal cliff. Though, as in any real bargaining, it is impossible
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