Show Me the Deal
FRANK: The opportunities come as people start to really feel pain. There’s still shock, but I don’t think the actual pain has really set in. I think there will be good deals come this fall? It’s like a sneeze. It’s still getting there.
ANGLES: But isn’t this broad-based downturn so much different than [...]

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What About the Uninsured?
One of the major goals of health care reform is to cover the vast numbers of uninsured. But how vast, really, is that pool of people? Who are they? And how important is it to cover all or most of them?
Critics play down the seriousness of the problem by pointing out that [...]

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Do We Want Health Care or Not?
So, my friends, what were we thinking? Did we really think that extending health care coverage to all Americans would be easy? Did we really believe that those who reap g’zillions of bucks from our ‘health’ (read: ’sick’) care system were going to give it all up without a [...]

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This Time We Can’t Leave the Middle Class Behind
Yes, we want to see a GDP recovery take hold as soon as possible, and once we start seeing robust, consistent job growth we’ll know we’re solidly on track.
But even then, we won’t be done: not until the prosperity we’re generating reaches everyone who’s contributing to it, [...]

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Modern Day Government Subsisdized Loansharks
Where is the help for the hard working men and women that helped to build and maintain this great country of ours?
US banks stand to collect a record $38.5bn in fees for customer overdrafts this year, with the bulk of the revenue coming from the most financially stretched consumers amid the [...]

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Health Care Reform, Time to Go All In
It is time to go all in to support comprehensive health care reform. The stakes have gotten prohibitive. Republicans have essentially bet the House on it. Obama, for all intents and purposes, has wagered the White House agenda. The insurance and drug companies are pouring in dough.
This month [...]

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Wall St. is Profiting Big From Trading With the Fed and Taxpayer Money
Wall Street banks are reaping outsized profits by trading with the Federal Reserve, raising questions about whether the central bank is driving hard enough bargains in its dealings with private sector counterparties, officials and industry executives say.
The Fed has emerged as one of [...]

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