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Friday Feedback: Attacks on Teachers

This week, an article by Mark Naison, “How Attacks on Teachers and Government Workers Will Impact All Our Lives,” drew the following exchange between Ryder and Steve Wider.

How Attacks on Teachers and Government Workers Will Impact All Our Lives

By Mark Naison

Mark Naison: The attack on Teachers Unions has been driven by foundations and funding sources traditionally associated with the Democratic Party and has been enthusiastically endorsed by the Obama Administration.

Congress: Still Working Hard at Being Ineffective, Useless Seat-Warmers

By Tina Dupuy

Tina Dupuy: American people are paying more for less, working more for less and asking more…and Congress is doing (wait for it) LESS.

Cuba’s “Silent Transition” Toward A Free Market Economy

By Sherwood Ross

Sherwood Ross: Whatever the shape of the future, Raul Castro, who promised Cuba would never return to capitalism, appears to be doing just that.

The Seven Biggest Economic Lies

By Robert Reich

Robert Reich: Here’s a short effort to rebut the seven biggest whoppers now being told by those who want to take America backwards.

Why Was Obama Missing-in-Action in Wisconsin?

By Peter Dreier

Peter Dreier: Throughout Wisconsin Democrats’ struggle, President Barack Obama has been sitting on the sidelines, failing to use his bully pulpit to encourage the burgeoning movement to protect working families from the corporate- and Tea Party-sponsored attacks.

More Truth About the American Economy

By Robert Reich

Robert Reich: Democrats are behaving as if they’re powerless to affect the economy even though a Democrat occupies the White House and his appointees run the federal government.

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The Death of Public Service

By Steve Hochstadt

Steve Hochstadt: Republican governors across the country argue that teachers and police and all the other employees of local and state governments make much too much money.

Big Republican Lies About Jobs

By Robert Reich

Robert Reich: Truth doesn’t seem to matter. Republicans figure if their big lies are repeated often enough, people will start to believe them. Unless, that is, those big lies are repudiated – and big truths are told in their place.

For a Man May Smile and Smile and Still Be a Villain

By Sheila Kuehl

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, front left, smiles at Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, second from right and Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

“Why do they keep sending me budgets I won’t sign?”, the Governor asked, after saying no, once again, to any proposal but his own, cuts-only solution. And, since he had all the guns, no one in the Legislature asked in return, “Why does he keep refusing our budgets?”