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Showing videos filed under: spending freeze
The F Word: In Defense of Root Canals
January 29, 2010In his State of the Union, President Obama scored some laughs early on with his comment that the bank bailout was “about as popular as a root canal.”Citizens United, Iraq, and Howard Zinn
January 28, 2010Obama's State of the Union speech called for jobs, health care reform, and fighting the influence of corporations on our government processes, but after the past year, many progressives are skeptical that he'll actually fight. He did include a sharp critique in his speech of the decision of the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a decision that Steve Cobble called an "intellectually dishonest power grab."State of the Union: Overhauling Agenda or Strategy Shift?
January 28, 2010We talk about Obama's choices for the economy and the path we hope he'll take now with Kai Wright of The Nation and The Root, Jeff Madrick, author of The Case for Big Government, and Lynn Parramore of the New Deal 2.0.State of the Union, Bernie Sanders and Honduras
January 27, 2010Obama's preparing for his first State of the Union speech, and we're wondering if once again he's going to try to be all things to all people. After all, on the campaign trail he dismissed talk of a spending freeze, only to adopt that language a year into his administration, and with the economic team he's still using, he's starting to remind us of the last Democratic president, Bill Clinton--who may have slashed the deficit, but did so on the back of his "welfare reform."LIVE AT NOON: State of the Union: New Strategy or Clinton 2.0?
January 27, 2010Obama's preparing for his first State of the Union speech, and we're wondering if once again he's going to try to be all things to all people. We'll discuss the things he's supposed to talk about, as well as a few issues he might leave out, with Kai Wright of The Nation and The Root, Jeff Madrick, author of The Case for Big Government, and Lynn Parramore of the New Deal 2.0.The F Word: Define Security, Mr. President
January 26, 2010A three-year freeze on public spending on everything except entitlements, veterans benefits and security? Two years into a major recession -- a devastating depression in many place -- just how is this administration defining that convenient little word "secure?"
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