Political Feasibility

Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.

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Tax Credits vs. Spending: Why Progressives Should Care How the Stimulus is Delivered

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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Elizabeth Rigby

From a progressive perspective, does the use of tax credit represent a political compromise that will limit the potential for the stimulus to seed more substantial policy change?

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