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Robert Kuttner: Recovery Now, Deficits Later
December 8, 2010"We have to build one movement, so that Obama either acts like the progressive president we thought we elected in 2008, or we get someone else to run against him." Robert Kuttner, co-founder of the American Prospect isn't pulling any punches with his disappointment in Obama and his advisers. "It's his own temperamental desire to build bridges complimented with bad advice."Bill Fletcher Jr., Robert Kuttner, and Tax Cuts
December 7, 2010"This is about crushing the power of working people, we should be very clear," says Bill Fletcher, Jr. of the attacks on federal workers' pay. Freezing their wages isn't enough; some, like Rand Paul, say they should actually be cut. It's all more proof, Bill notes, that no compromise will be enough for Republicans, whether it's tax cuts or pay freezes or any other supposed economic recovery or deficit reduction tactics.Bill Fletcher Jr., Bolivia's Water, BP and Afghanistan
June 9, 2010"It was a Sister Souljah moment," says Bill Fletcher Jr. of Bill Clinton's support for Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln in her primary battle against insurgent Bill Halter. Lincoln, of course, is one of the Democrats whose refusal to support the Employee Free Choice Act keeps labor from expanding its base. Labor came out for Bill Halter, but the party elites supported Lincoln and helped her keep her seat.The F Word: Bubba Goes to Arkansas
June 9, 2010OK, so in case anyone was wondering where the White House stands vis-a-vis its base these days, the defeat of Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter makes it pretty stark. Who did the White House approve sending to campaign for incumbent Blanche Lincoln? None other than Bubba himself. Bill Clinton's way, just to recall was to promise loyalty to labor then push through NAFTA against their will once he got into office. To launch the reign of Robert Rubin and Lawrence Summers de-regulating banking, shredding the safety net.
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