Reagan Revolution

Gov. Walker and the GOP's Carthage Moment

Bennet Kelley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House Speaker John Boehner, Reagan Democrats, John Kasich, Wisconsin Unions, High-Speed Rail, Carthage, Rome, Talgo, Reagan Revolution, Scott Walker, Politics News
Bennet Kelley

The governor of Wisconsin apparently forgot that the Reagan Revolution wouldn't have happened without Reagan Democrats -- voters who defected from the Democrats and nearly split the union vote against Carter.

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Obama's Bipartisan Investment Strategy

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rustbelt, Felix Rohatyn, Infrastructure Bank, Building America's Future, Clean Energy, Winston-Salem, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sarah Palin, Forsyth Technical Community College, Infrastructure, Ed Rendell, John Kerry, General Motors Assembly Plant, David Brooks, Nancy Pelosi, John Mica, Rosa DeLauro, Rick Perry, US Chamber of Commerce, North Carolina, Janesville, Michael Bloomberg, Reagan Revolution, Afl-Cio, Bipartisan, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Transportation, Mortgage Crisis, Public-Private-Partnerships, Sputnik, Wisconsin, Bernard Schwartz, p3s, Jeb Bush, Seiu, Business News
Michael Likosky

Obama spoke yesterday about the costs of the displacement of manufacturing and textiles. Both were caused by the decades-long Reagan Revolution led divestment from America -- not the last several years.

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The American Debt Crisis & Infrastructure Investment

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Call Centers, Infrastructure, Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan, Jobs, Reagan Revolution, Iraq War, Clean Energy, Outsourcing, Tarp, Barack Obama, Globalization, Build America Bonds, Non-AMT Private Activity Bonds, Clean Energy Bonds, Stimulus Act, Politics News
Michael Likosky

Economists are fond of telling us that America's competitive disadvantage - its inability to produce more domestic jobs - is the result of low labor c...

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To Fix the Economy, Raise Wages

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Income, Wages, Reagan Revolution, Business News
Dave Johnson

To fix the economy we have to fix wages. Increased wages will restore demand. The changes that will increase wages will help restore democracy.

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How Soon Until the Free Market Stops the Oil Spill?

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tony Hayward, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Robert Reich, Free Market Capitalism, Bp, Ronald Reagan, Reagan Revolution, British Petroleum, Gulf Oil Spill, Capitalism, Reaganomics, Corporate Crime, Oil Spill, Ayn Rand, Corporations, Corporate Greed, Gulf Coast, Politics News
Bob Cesca

This is a spoiled, petulant and entitled corporation operating in a largely deregulated free market atmosphere. Are we to believe that it's acting responsibly and with the best interests of the Gulf in mind? Not a chance in hell.

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Week Of Action On Jobs

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs, Week of Action, Deficits, Reagan Revolution, Politics News
Dave Johnson

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a ...

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What Progressives Can Learn From the Tea Partiers

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lincoln Mitchell

Tea Partiers will vote overwhelmingly Republican in November -- unless they stay home in protest. To gain their support, the GOP will have to nominate candidates who are less electable and more radical.

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Saving the Obama Revolution

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Afghanistan, Reagan Revolution, Pakistan, Middle East, Taliban, Politics News
Robert Scheer

The Obama Revolution will be made possible only if the President follows the model of the incredibly successful Reagan revolution and heeds the political base that made his presidency possible.

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What Lies Beneath

Steven Weber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama and Republicans, G.O.P., Republicans, Reagan Revolution, Politics News
Steven Weber

It's been fascinating watching the once imperious Republican machine staggering around the very institutions in which they only so recently swaggered.

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Republicans Bring Socialism to America

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Scheer, Great Depression, Bailout, Bush, Reagan Revolution, Paulson, Pornography of Power, Fdr, Socialism, Economy, Detroit, Financial Crisis, Detroit Bailout, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Let the record show that it was George W. Bush, the rich Texas Republican, who brought socialism to America, so don't blame it on that community organizer who made it into the White House.

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Reagan Revolution Out Of Style, Regulation In Even With Republicans

Wall Street Journal | Bob Davis, Damian Paletta and Rebecca Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government Bailout, Freddie Mac, Reagan Revolution, Deregulation, Henry Paulson, Regulation, Federal Reserve, Fannie Mae, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The housing and financial crisis convulsing the U.S. is powering a new wave of government regulation of business and the economy. Feder...

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