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SOTU: Obama Calls for Action to Boosting Economic Mobility

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SOTU: Obama Calls for Action to Boosting Economic Mobility:





 "In all, the president announced a dozen actions that he said would help push against the economic forces that have left lower- and middle-income Americans still struggling to recover from the worst recession in more than seven decades. He also said he’s enlisting companies, including Apple Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc., to help solve issues from expanding broadband in schools to hiring the long-term unemployed."



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▶ Health Care Coverage: Pay a Little to Save a Lot - YouTube

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Minimum Wage Increase Bills Pushed In At Least 30 States

Minimum Wage Increase Bills Pushed In At Least 30 States:



 ""It's a no-brainer for any Democrat," said Neil Sroka, a strategist for progressive groups who is communications director at the Howard Dean-founded Democracy for America. "Congress is failing. They can take real action right in the states and have a demonstrable impact right here at home. For politics and policy, it's a winning strategy.""

States Cutting Weeks of Aid to the Jobless - NYTimes.com

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States Cutting Weeks of Aid to the Jobless - NYTimes.com:


 "States Cutting Weeks of Aid to the Jobless"

"I worked for 26 years; I lost my job through no fault
of my own. This is what I get?'

Alnetta McKnight, of Riegelwood, N.C.,
who lost her job as a security guard
in last June and whose jobless
payments have  run out and now,
with her 14-year old son, is living
on close to nothing.

Last July, the state sharply cut
its unemployment program,
reducing the maximum number
of weeks of benefits to 20 from
73 and cutting the maximum
weekly benefit as well.

New York Times
January 22, 2014

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Rigged rules mean economic growth increasingly “winner takes all” for rich elites all over world | Oxfam International

Rigged rules mean economic growth increasingly “winner takes all” for rich elites all over world | Oxfam International:



 "Rigged rules mean economic growth increasingly “winner takes all” for rich elites all over world"

'In developed and developing countries alike, we are
increasingly living in a world where the lowest tax
rates, the best health and education and the
opportunity to influence are being given not just to
the rich but also to their children.

'Without a concerted effort to tackle inequality, the
cascade of privilege and of disadvantage will
continue down the generations. We will soon live in
a world where equality of opportunity is just a
dream.'

Winnie Byanyima, executive director of Oxfam

January 21, 2014

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Robert Reich (David Brooks' Utter Ignorance About Inequality)

Robert Reich (David Brooks' Utter Ignorance About Inequality):



 "Occasionally David Brooks, who personifies the oxymoron “conservative thinker” better than anyone I know, displays such profound ignorance that a rejoinder is necessary lest his illogic permanently pollute public debate.



Such is the case with his New York Times column last Friday, arguing that we should be focusing on the “interrelated social problems of the poor” rather than on inequality, and that the two are fundamentally distinct.
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US pensions funding gap closes, driving corporate profits

US pensions funding gap closes, driving corporate profits:



 "All told, companies in the S&P 500 saw an aggregate improvement of more than $300 billion in their pension plans, a gain that brought assets to around 93 percent of expected obligations, according to International Strategy & Investment, a New York research firm."

▶ Bill Nye, Science Guy, Dispels Poverty Myths - YouTube

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▶ [41] James Galbraith on the Predator State and national solvency - YouTube

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NAFTA’s Trail of Destruction - In These Times

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NAFTA’s Trail of Destruction - In These Times:


 'After two decades of NAFTA, the evidence is clear: the vaunted deal failed at its promises of job creation and better living standards while contributing to mass job losses, soaring income inequality, agricultural instability, corporate attacks on domestic health and environmental safeguards and mass displacement and volatility in Mexico.'

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Noam Chomsky: Trans-Pacific Partnership is a “neoliberal assault” - Salon.com

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Noam Chomsky: Trans-Pacific Partnership is a “neoliberal assault” - Salon.com:


 "Chomsky said it was “a joke” that the deal is designated a “free trade” agreement. “It’s called free trade, but that’s just a joke,” Chomsky said. “These are extreme, highly protectionist measures designed to undermine freedom of trade. In fact, much of what’s leaked about the TPP indicates that it’s not about trade at all, it’s about investor rights.”"



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