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Cory Booker Falls Victim to Disease of False Equivalence

Ilyse Hogue, The Nation. May 21, 2012.

In an effort to appear objective in a political climate anything but, talking heads now feel the need to utter a Democratic offense in the same breath as a Republican offense.

The Biggest Engine of Economic Growth? 8 Ways Taxpayers and the Government Are Necessary to Capitalism

Colin Greer, AlterNet. March 13, 2012.

Almost everything the American capitalist system needs is provided by taxpayer dollars and government action.

Corporate Education Reformers Plot Next Steps at Secretive Meeting

Dustin Beilke, PR Watch. February 5, 2012.

Hundreds of state legislators from across the nation went to an "island" resort on the coast of Florida to a unique "education academy" sponsored by ALEC.

The Right-Wing Zombie Lie About Public Workers That Just Won't Die

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. February 2, 2012.

A new study on government employees' earnings has the Right buzzing -- and some progressive pundits repeating the myth that government workers are "overpaid."

Privatization Nightmare: 5 Public Services That Should Never Be Handed Over to Greedy Corporations

deleted Deleted, AlterNet. November 17, 2011.

Why we all pay more when essential services are privatized.

How Rick Perry's Attempt to Privatize Medicaid Wasted Millions While Enriching Lobbyists and Hedge Funds

Joe Conason, AlterNet. September 8, 2011.

Perry's plan to let private firms run Medicaid wasted more than money and time, as paperwork vanished and patients suffered.

Why You Want the Government Running Health, Education and Defense

David Morris, OnTheCommons.org. June 5, 2011.

The public sector often provides services faster, cheaper and more effectively.

The 'Christian' Dogma Pushed by Religious Schools That Are Supported by Your Tax Dollars

Rachel Tabachnick, AlterNet. May 23, 2011.

If you live in a state with a voucher or corporate tax credit program funding "school choice," your state's tax dollars are funding the teaching of religious supremacism.

Is American Higher Ed Screwed? Conservatives Try to Privatize College As Tuition Soars

Daniel Denvir, AlterNet. January 22, 2011.

The economic crisis has created an opportunity for attacks on public institutions. Universities are not immune.

The Public Is Way Ahead of the Pundits in Knowing How to Solve the Economic Crises, And Obama Knows it

Dean Baker, The Guardian. March 5, 2009.

Obama recognizes that the public is way ahead of the pundits in seeing that the federal govt. is the only thing capable of generating a recovery.

Henry Paulson: Good Businessman or Very Bad Communist?

David Sirota, AlterNet. October 10, 2008.

Is Paulson looking to socialize risk and privatize gain? The answer could be the difference between economic disaster and recovery.

How Can States Give Tax Money to Private, Religious Schools? Loopholes, Of Course

Steve M., December 31, 1969.


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