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One grievance of the protesters targeting Wall Street is that financial elites wield way too much power in our democracy. That complaint is hardly new, but the latest figures on money in politics tells a truly troubling story about the vast resources that Wall Street has put into shaping both the
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David Callahan
Last month, the White House introduced a program that would effectively overhaul the tax code and, as Robert Kuttner put it, "locked [Obama] in as a defender of social insurance and working Americans." The five-pronged tax plan would cut rates and inefficient and unfair tax breaks, increase
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Elon Green

"Until the Senate confirms a Director for this popular new regulator, the regulatory playing field will remain uneven."

Testimony and Public Comment
Miles Rapoport
Pop quiz: What’s so bad about the financialization of the U.S. economy over recent decades? If you’re like most people who are uneasy with the outsized power of finance, chances are you can’t boil down your concerns to a pithy sound bite. So why is there such ridicule of the protesters “occupying”
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David Callahan
Mississippi Solar LLC and Electrical Contracting Enterprises LLC install solar panels on poultry houses
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J. Mijin Cha
The latest example of conservative economic philosophy comes courtesy of Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) who stated, “We can’t compete with China to make solar panels and wind turbines,” implying we shouldn’t even try.
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J. Mijin Cha
As the protests against Wall Street enter their third week, community groups and unions are beginning to join the demonstrations. The diverse group has staged almost daily marches and has been pretty much spontaneous and leaderless. Some protesters want the group to have specific goals.
In the media
Margot Adler
Republican leaders have been directing intense fire at Barack Obama's plan to raise taxes on the richest Americans, including on millionaires and billionaires who now pay a relatively low rate on income from capital gains and dividends. As it happens, though, rank-and-file Republicans think that
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David Callahan
A week after the White House released its jobs bill, Paul Ryan took Fox News to say this:
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Elon Green
The current attack on regulations in Congress poses a serious threat to public safety and should be rejected.
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