This & That

Robert Reich

Several of you thought yesterday's post arguing that Congess's first priority when it convenes next week should be to restore unemployment benefits for the record number of long-term unemployed was a weak palliative for what's really needed. "We don't need unemployment benefits," wrote Burr Hubbell, for example, "We need real jobs." Mr. Hubbell and others raise an important issue. In fighting for measures that alleviate symptoms of a failing system -- whether chronic joblessness, increasing poverty, widening inequality, or ever greater economic insecurity -- are we staving off more fundamental reform? Or are we taking the only humane approach available until such time as fundamental reform is politically feasible?

 

 

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More evidence that democracy may end fracking: http://bit.ly/19Uhhxd

A new Colorado ballot initiative would explicitly give communities the power to ban fracking -- even if the state permits it.

 

 

 

 

 

Liberal America's photo.

Of course,,,,,,,

 

(bp) Makes you think doesn't it? Next we'll get a bunch of Republican Trolls telling us Big Insurance is on our side. Watch.

 

 

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You are Not Alone Brothers and Sisters, We are here with you we are all volunteer Veterans with PTSD some with TBI and MST ~ Kim