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You know how we can tell the GOP corporate tax scheme is a ruse? Too many so-called conservatives squawked when the few Republican deficit hawks still true to their core fiscal doctrine came up with a way to try to keep the tax cuts from adding another $1.4 trillion to the $20 trillion national debt. […]

Posted on December 1st, 2017 by Rural Outlook
Filed under: A Better Deal, Election 2018, Federal Budget, Fiscal Crisis, senate, Taxes | No Comments »

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Go ahead, Rural America, find your tax cut; bet you can’t unless you’re a Wall Street investor or a corporate CEO. It’s like a shell game on a New York City street corner, but this time it’s being played in Washington — and the “sucker” in this sham is mostly Rural America. Overall, one in […]

Posted on October 26th, 2017 by Rural Outlook
Filed under: Agriculture, Economy, Fiscal Crisis, Politics and Political Issues, Taxes | No Comments »

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From manufacturing jobs to agribusiness to affordable health care made available to more Americans, the GOP leadership is in the midst of pulling off one of the biggest bait and switch schemes in the history of campaign trail whoppers. Fortunately, the reality of market forces and economic fundamentals has a choke hold on some of […]

Posted on May 30th, 2017 by Rural Outlook
Filed under: Agri-tourism, Agriculture, Economy, Elections, Environment, Federal Budget, Fiscal Crisis, Health Care, House of Representatives, Jobs, Politics and Political Issues, Rural Issues, Rural Life, Uncategorized | No Comments »

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Seventy-six years ago, Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt fought for re-election in a time of crisis. The question has been raised in today in moneylife magazine, Can Obama do a FDR? Click on FDR to hear what President Roosevelt had to say about the forces behind inequity for hard-working Americans in 1936. I think you’ll agree […]

Posted on May 23rd, 2012 by Debby
Filed under: Economic crisis: US, Economy, Election 2012, Federal Budget, Fiscal Crisis, Interest rates, Jobs, Uncategorized, Unemployment | No Comments »

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By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Bob Reich was secretary of labor in Bill Clinton’s administration.  Do you remember anything about the Clinton Administration beyond the scandals? Perhaps you remember that the world was largely at peace then, and that for most Americans it was the last time we experienced something like prosperity. For all his moral […]

Posted on September 27th, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Economic crisis: US, Economic Justice, Fiscal Crisis | No Comments »

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by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Every time I hear the bleating heads on cable news and NPR say the Massachusetts special election to fill Teddy Kennedy’s seat resulted in the Democrats losing their super majority in the Senate, I want to throw up. Or throw something. The Democrats never had a super majority, the 60 votes […]

Posted on February 16th, 2010 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Election 2010, Fiscal Crisis, Healthcare Reform, House of Representatives, Obama, Senate, Senate, US Congress | 2 Comments »

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By Debra Kozikowski Just two days ago at 6:22 p.m., the U.S. Senate sent a message to the U.S. House that the Senate had passed H.R 3548 amended. The bill extends unemployment compensation benefits to help our nation’s jobless — at least for the folks officially on the rolls.  Putting Americans back to work is the key to our […]

Posted on November 6th, 2009 by Debby
Filed under: Economic crisis: US, Economy, Fiscal Crisis, Jobs, Senate, Uncategorized | 7 Comments »

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By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson It’s hard, and it may seem cruel, to dare talk about the possibility that anything good can come out of the economic situation in which we — and the rest of the world — find ourselves. The Obama administration says things are looking up.  They have to say that, and it […]

Posted on October 10th, 2009 by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson
Filed under: Economic crisis: Global, Economic crisis: US, Economy, Fiscal Crisis | 6 Comments »

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by Debra Kozikowski Just in case you missed it in yesterday’s New York Times, Paul Krugman hits the nail on the head yet again.

Posted on September 21st, 2009 by Debby
Filed under: Economic crisis: US, Economy, Fiscal Crisis, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

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by Debra Kozikowski         Two weeks ago, buried on page A4 of my local Sunday newspaper was a story about President Obama pushing for a credit card bill that would save American consumers from a small piece of the greed exhibited by our bailout grabbing, money grubbing banking credit card industry. This week, change […]

Posted on May 21st, 2009 by Debby
Filed under: Bailouts, Credit Crunch, Debt, Economy, Fiscal Crisis, Interest rates | 5 Comments »