Archive for August, 2011

Obama’s Jobs Speech: Prepare to Be Underwhelmed

August 24, 2011
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President Obama’s much anticipated speech outlining his jobs agenda for the 2012 election year will sound a lot like a tiny mouse trying to make a loud roar. Instead of clarity, we’ll get hedging; instead of “bold,” we’ll get wishy-washy. The principal aim of the speech will be to divert attention away from his...

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The Perils for Obama of Not Talking About Poverty in America

August 11, 2011
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Back in 1980, on the campaign trail Ronald Reagan repeated an apocryphal story about an individual who personified the undeserving poor. There was a woman in Chicago he called a “welfare queen” who “had eighty names, thirty addresses, twelve Social Security cards” and “collected veterans’ benefits on four non-existent husbands.” He said her tax-free...

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For Progressives, Debt Ceiling “Deal” Was A Real Downer

August 4, 2011
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Largely lost in the media din in the closing 48 hours of the debt ceiling “debate” was the fact that the Chamber of Commerce and Wall Street high rollers were urging their servants in Congress not to throw the nation into default because it was going to hurt their bottom lines. The last minute...

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