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• • 01 Feb 06
  • 2:23 pm

  Ten Myths on Social Security: http://www.socsec.org/publications.asp?pubid=507

  Posted to A Progressive State of the Union

• • 17 Nov 05
  • 9:52 am

  Americans knowingly and unknowingly support crummy sweatshop life in China. Who comes out ahead? The Chinese government and Wall Street, not middleclass american workers or consumers. This could be the situation if middleclass americans on all sides of the aisle if more is not demanded of our respective politicians. Before 1980 when it came to american jobs both sides tried to keep jobs in america. Then this global economy nonsense was introduced big time and middleclass america was tricked into believing that this was a great thing. Next thing we know politicians had crafted tax laws making it attractive for USA …

  Posted to Symbol of the System

• • 27 Jul 05
  • 5:47 am

  A body that can produce new humans and provide some of the most nutritious food(breast milk) on the planet speaks many times to the strength of the woman...those that have not been beat into submission. However the Reagan Union busting plan was implemented with great support from Ed Meese turning a blind eye to the Sherman Anti Trust Act not to mention the democrats being far too quiet on the matter. Now these women have their work cut out for them as the above mentioned programs are now being carried out through the Bush Privatization Plan. The democratic party needs a …

  Posted to Women's Work

• • 27 Jul 05
  • 8:40 am

  It's beginning to appear that WOMEN'S issues do not garner much debate through In These Times chat board. In These Times put in much effort on WOMEN"S issues to go unnoticed???

  Posted to Women's Work

• • 23 Jul 05
  • 11:15 am

  The article seems to imply that the democratic party in general is progressive. That's a stretch for sure as the progressives within the party are few and far between. On the other hand so many in the so called republican party make Barry Goldwater a progressive.

  Posted to Democratic Dos and Donts