Republicans’ singular focus on deficit reduction is less about the economy, and more about repairing the fractous GOP.
Robert Reich
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Jobs and Growth, Not Deficit Reduction
Our deficit, relative to the economy, is half what is was in 2009.Â
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The Real Debate over Citizenship
Immigration reform is only part of a larger conversation about what it should mean to be American.
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The First Progressive Revolution
A hundred years ago, the country experienced a backlash against concentrated wealth and power. Will it happen again?
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Remember Your Salary Doubling? Oh Wait…
Forget income tax: A wealth tax on the richest 0.5 percent could help save the middle class.
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Don’t Count on a Sane GOP
What’s Obama’s strategy when the debt ceiling has to be raised, if Republicans haven’t relented?
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Obama’s Options on 2013’s Big Issues
It’s a fair argument that when the nation is jeopardized—whether in danger of defaulting on its debts or succumbing to mass violence—a president is justified in using his authority to the fullest.
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A Lousy Deal on the Edge of the Fiscal Cliff
Details of the agreement reached by the president and congressional Republicans are still forthcoming, but from the look of it, Obama gave ground where he need not have.
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Obama’s Unwise, Unnecessary Concessions
The president can win the fiscal-cliff standoff by simply letting the Bush tax cuts expire and then passing a middle-class cut. Why instead is he negotiating with Republicans?
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Drinking the Deficit-Reduction Kool-Aid
Obama was re-elected on a platform of creating jobs. Why is this not the focus of the fiscal-cliff talks?
