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A Storm Of Activism Is Needed To Save Social Security
From the Fall 2025 edition of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is funded entirely by reader subscription, available in hard copy for $15/yr. Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. Click here for archived … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, social safety net, social security
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Paul Krugman With Al Franken
Krugman does the best job I’ve heard of succinctly explaining the student debt crisis and why student loan forgiveness is the right thing to do. That and more in this well worth your time podcast.
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged economy, Paul Krugman, racism, Right wing ideology
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August Jobs Report Stronger Than Economists Predicted
Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian and professor of history at Boston College. She is author of the book How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America available on … Continue reading
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Tagged August jobs report, economy, Historian Heather Cox Richardson, President Biden
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Toward Sustainable Pandemic Recovery
The climate crisis continues in the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic with its economic downturn threatens years of progress addressing climate change and sustainability. It’s now or never for the environment. Governments are expected to spend trillions of dollars in stimulus … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Economy
Tagged Act On Climate, climate change, climate crisis, economy, sustainability
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The Costs of Business Subsidies
by Ralph Scharnau Today all levels of government—municipal, county, district, state, and federal—try to entice businesses to relocate, expand, or simply continue operations. The commonplace incentives to new or existing businesses include tax cuts/exemptions, rebates, monetary awards, and waiving/easing regulations. … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate greed, corporate tax incentives, economy, tax giveaways
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McChesney, Nichols: Billionaires Do Not Care About Us
Try not to get too depressed by the bummer title of Robert McChesney and John Nichols’ new book, People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy. They say we just have to do two things: (1) … Continue reading
Posted in Calls to Action, economic inequality, Economy, Jobs, Labor
Tagged corporate greed, economy, jobs, John Nichols, Robert McChesney
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Krugman: Wall Street Fears Democrats
nytimes.com/2015/10/16/opinion/democrats-republicans-and-wall-street-tycoons If Wall Street’s attitude and its political giving are any indication, financiers themselves believe that any Democrat, Mrs. Clinton very much included, would be serious about policing their industry’s excesses. And that’s why they’re doing all they can to … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Economy
Tagged #DemDebate, economy, financial regulation, Wall St.
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A Progressive Agenda For The New Congress
The 2014 midterm elections are over. Republicans won with no platform, no plan, and no vision. They rode a wave of discontent with government and blamed Obama. While the GOP savors its impressive electoral successes, many voters remain discouraged. A … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 Midterm Election, economy, minimum wage, progressive congress
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Another Feel-Good, Useless Chant from the Right
“Welfare should not be a career option.” Another feel-good, but useless chant from the Right. How does chanting “personal responsibility” actually help solve anything? There is no doubt that nationally, we have a an unacceptably high percentage of our population … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Economy, middle-class, Progressive Community
Tagged economy, parenting, simple economics, welfare, welfare work requirements
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