The plan, with an immediate $200 per month benefit increase, sets the left edge of the possible on a bedrock Democratic program.
David Dayen
David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is the author of Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power and Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud. He co-hosts the podcast Organized Money with Matt Stoller.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
Is Trump’s Justice Department Trying to Discredit All Antitrust?
Its plainly political investigation of auto companies that agreed to California’s emission standards is just that absurd.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Another Equifax Settlement Bait and Switch
Victims get an email clearly intended to throttle cash awards for the data breach. A bunch of lawyers stand to gain $80 million in the exchange.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Congress Returns With Health Care Bills at the Desk
There are lots of reasons why health care bills will get passed this fall. There are also lots of reasons why they won’t.
Posted inTAP
Fighters Fight Ultimate Fighting
Here’s the true test of this age of corporate power: You can throw a dart at a board (one that includes all sectors of the economy, so a pretty big board) and inevitably hit a concentrated, exploitative industry. Today I toss a bull’s-eye toward … mixed martial arts! Not that you’d know this but there’s […]
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Google Gets the FTC to Censor Its Own Commissioner
Commissioner Rohit Chopra dissented from a fine against Google for violations of child privacy laws, but the FTC redacted his explanation of how the fine was smaller than the earnings from the violations.
Posted inWorking in America
Kaiser Hospital Workers Mobilize for Largest Strike in Two Decades
A coalition of unions representing more than 80,000 workers has authorized a walkout that would begin in October—and used Labor Day to pressure management.
Posted inTAP
The Pointless Caucus Chaos
Caucuses are an exclusionary and inferior option for selecting political preferences. Numerous states, including Colorado, Utah, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Washington, scrapped their caucus systems for the 2020 cycle, with the DNC encouraging the switch. Only four states will use caucuses on the Democratic side. But two of them—Iowa and Nevada—happen to be the crucial early […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Fine Purdue Pharma? No. Nationalize It? Now We’re Talking.
The opioid manufacturer wants a global settlement. Americans need personal accountability. Making Purdue a public beneficiary trust company could yield some interesting options.
Posted inEconomic Policy
With the Volcker Rule Now Dead, Democrats Need to Bring Back Glass-Steagall
Trump’s ‘regulators’ have allowed banks to play fast and loose with your deposits. It’s time to make banks’ speculation with your money flat-out illegal.
