No Matter How You Look at It, the Big Beautiful Bill is a Monstrosity
Here are three views of the bill's horrific distributional consequences.
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Across the Great Divide
A review of Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future, by Robert Reich (New York: Alfred Knopf, 2010).
Restore the Original Wealth Tax
There's an alternative to the drastic cuts in public services state and local officials are proposing: restore the
State Workers Face a Compensation Penalty
Conservatives that public-sector workers are privileged relative to their private-sector peers or have somehow been cushioned from the effects of the recent recession and slow recovery. Data from Wisconsin as well as Indiana, New Jersey, and Ohio prove that these claims are clearly false.
Steve Early talk in Cambridge, Tuesday 3/1
Steve Early speaks about "Capital's War on Labor, Labor's Civil Wars" Tuesday, March 1,
March/April issue: Tax the Rich!
I have lots of stuff to link to; I hope to get to them soon. I have been working to
Homelessness Marathon--TONIGHT
Sorry for the late notice; this is an inspiring annual radio event--well worth listening to (part of it, anyhow). The
Obama's Budget; Wisconsin
(1) Obama's Budget: Our trustworthy source for analysis of Obama's 2012 budget proposal: The National Priorities
Can Cyberspace Liberate Us from Earthly Space?
From Polly Cleveland: The internet, it has long seemed, frees us from the bounds of location. We can work from
Wisconsin, Tim DeChristopher, etc.
(1) Protests in Wisconsin against Republican Threats to Labor: Earlier today I spoke with Roger Bybee, who's written
Mubarak Resigns (Al Jazeera)
Al Jazeera has reported that Mubarak has resigned. But--the news came via Omar Suleiman, whom Mubarak named as vice president.
Mubarak Clings to Power
Robert Fisk from the Independent: Mubarak tried – unbelievably – to placate his infuriated people with a promise to investigate the killings