latimes.com - 1/26/2009
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At the center of this virtuous circle were unions. In 1955, more than a third of working Americans belonged to one. Unions gave them the bargaining leverage they needed to get the paychecks that kept the economy going. So many Americans were unionized that wage agreements spilled over to ...
latimes.com - 1/22/2009
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Barnett declined to comment. But a variety of
published sources, including the Hollywood Reporter, said that Barnett...
was on board in helping to sell a Palin book. Presumably, the book would tell her side of the 2008 presidential election, when the ...
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Sarah Palin may be shopping a book - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com - 1/23/2009
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I'm a pollster and political consultant associated with
Republican causes: the Contract with America, the "death tax"...
and, of course, ending wasteful Washington spending. So why am I behind the new stimulus legislation -- the biggest spending bill ...
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Infrastructure: It's Job 1 to Americans - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com - 1/20/2009
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'Let the man have his BlackBerry." I said
that to a meeting of senior transition staffers in...
Washington last week. I've been working with Barack Obama since before the election, and I know that without his virtual connection to old friends and trusted ...
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Obama's link to America: his BlackBerry - Los Angeles Times
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Morning Skim: First Dogs, First Attacks
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... Leading figures in the opposition openly blame Saakashvili for the five-day war. So, too, do several recent defectors from his team, including two who were his standard-bearers last summer at the United Nations and in Moscow.” Los Angeles Times : Arguing that unions are the key for a return to prosperity , Robert Reich points out that household income was dropping in the years before the recession: “As our economy grew between 2001 and the start of 2007, most Americans didn’t share in the prosperity. By the time the recession began last year, according to an Economic Policy ...
The WonkLine: January 26, 2009
Wonk Room —
... Business groups are “ramping up lobbying efforts ” to expand industry tax cuts in the economic recovery package.
Robert Reich: Boost the purchasing power of the middle class by expanding unions.
Former Treasury Secretary Paulson’s “inability to restore confidence in the financial system” may have an unanticipated benefit for his successor. ...
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