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Associated Press: U.S. Senate Block President Obama’s Pick For Civil Rights Post

Source:The New Democrat Wow, President Obama losing a vote on one of his executive nominations in a Democratic Senate with a clear 55-45 majority, where the minority can no longer block executive nominations by themselves. This loss has to do … Continue reading

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Associated Press: Harriman Institute Director Timothy Frye: Analysis: Economic Sanctions Might Hurt Russia

Source:The New Democrat Maybe we could see an international coalition of America, Canada, Britain, United Nations,  European Union, the Slavic states, not including Russia, but also Ukraine stepping up with economic sanctions against Russia and even starting to put together … Continue reading

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Mr. Duffle: Wynton Marsalis Septet, Happy Birthday

Source:The New Democrat Happy Birthday Big Daddy, who is now, well I won’t give that out in public, but still my Big Daddy no matter how long he lives and I expect a lot more birthdays to come, or I … Continue reading

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VOA News: Luis Ramirez: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Plans Biggest Army Cuts Since World War II

Source:The New Democrat  Secretary Hagel’s proposed cuts in the defense budget address activities that the United States can no longer afford and no longer needs to be doing. This is not about making the United States weaker when it comes … Continue reading

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Associated Press: ‘Democratic Governors Push For Minimum Wage Hike’

Source:The New Democrat  I’m all in favor of increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour; actually I would even go up to 12.00 dollars an hour over a 5-year period and even index the minimum wage for inflation so … Continue reading

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The New America Foundation: Justin King- Senator Ron Wyden Wants Children’s Savings Accounts

Source:The New Democrat I somewhat covered this last week with a blog on retirement and unemployment accounts for people so they can save for retirement and not have to burn those accounts when they are unemployed, especially for long periods … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Tanner Colby: Its Time For Progressives to Admit Affirmative Action is Not Working

Source:The New Democrat As a liberal I believe in the notions of equal opportunity and justice for all. Without those two concepts liberalism simply doesn’t mean a hell of a lot and it would just be a class philosophy. Taking … Continue reading

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The New America Foundation: ‘Solving the Retirement Puzzle: The Potential of MYRAS to Build a Personal Safety Net’

Source:New America Foundation– with a look at pensions in America. Source:The New Democrat “The growing recognition that millions of Americans are ill-prepared for retirement has prompted a number of state and federal policy proposals to promote retirement security. Yet even … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Matthew Yglesias: Work-Ethic and The Welfare State

Source:The New Democrat This is the real debate we should be having when it comes to poverty in America. How to encourage people who are on Welfare whether they are working or not working either continue to work or go … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Robert J. Samuelson: The Debate That Wasn’t

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with Robert Samuelson that Washington really hasn’t been debating the size of government. But avoiding tough decisions and when they find things they actually want to do that is both parties they either borrow the … Continue reading

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