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Thursday November 22, 2012 · 3:36 PM PST

2012/11/22 · 15:36

For the fourth straight year, the Thanksgiving resolution from President Barack Obama fails to actually thank God — which is the fundamental reason why Thanksgiving is observed.

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(SC-88) Walid Hakim Endorses May 1st General Strike

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Monday April 30, 2012 · 6:36 PM PDT

2012/04/30 · 18:36

Speaking on Al Jazeera's Inside Story recently, Walid Hakim made the following statement regarding the May 1st general strike:

"I encourage everyone that is non-emergency personnel to participate in the general strike on May the first. I believe that a strong message needs to be put out and the people aren't going to listen unless we bring the economy to a screeching stop for at least one day."

Walid Hakim is a candidate for South Carolina's State House in the 88th district and one of 19 Occupy Columbia protestors who were arrested on the State House last November. To learn more about his campaign, visit www.WalidHakim.com

Students, City Stand Up to State for #OccupyColumbia

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Saturday November 19, 2011 · 7:36 AM PST

2011/11/19 · 07:36

On Wednesday night, Governor Nikki Haley ordered Occupy Columbia protestors to leave the State House grounds at 6:00pm, after over one month of continually peaceful and civil demonstration. 19 Occupiers refused to leave and all were arrested. Here is a video from news reports that night, but the story doesn't end there.

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Friday October 28, 2011 · 4:17 PM PDT

2011/10/28 · 16:17

Reposted in full from Occupy Columbia.

On Thursday, Governor Nikki Haley said that unions are behind the Occupy Wall Street movement. We contest that accusation. This is a leaderless movement that welcomes participation from all groups, but neither bows down nor endorses any. We've publicly invited all people or organizations, whether they be Unions or the Tea Party, to come take part in a conversation about economic injustice and a system that is rigged to benefit the 1% at the direct expense of the 99%.
We challenge Governor Haley to produce evidence to back up her claim. If she would attend one of our General Assemblies (held every day at 10:00am and 7:00pm), she would realize that all decicions made by Occupy Columbia are voted on by those in attendence. We require a 90% threshold for consensus, and no group, Union or otherwise, has the ability to control that.

On the other hand, it was the Governor herself who said, earlier this morning, that she is the "number one employee" of a pharmaceutical company and that their success is her "number one goal." This company, Nephron Pharmaceuticals is the same company whose private jet she used to fly to a fundraiser in Dallas, TX last month, according to Fits News.

We had members in attendance for this morning's announcement, one holding a sign reading "Who owns you?" Her number one priority should be the success of the people of South Carolina, not the non-body person that is a major pharmaceutical company.

By her statement, she is the personification of the merger of state and corporate interests. We applaud her bold honesty, but find it hard to believe that she can be expected to be accountable after such a declaritive pledge of allegiance to the highest bidder.

With solidarity,

- Occupy Columbia, We are the People's Lobby! We are the 99%!

Cain's 9-9-9 Plan in 90 Seconds

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Monday October 24, 2011 · 8:59 AM PDT

2011/10/24 · 08:59

This week, we take a look at Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan. Cain's recent surge in the polls could be nothing more than the flavor-of-the-week dance that best describes the Republican primary to date. That being said, it is worth noting that his radical approach to the tax system strikes a frustrated chord with many Republican primary voters and helped bring his campaign out of single-digits.

The plan itself is simplistic and gimmicky, yet not well thought out, resulting in a de facto 25.38% national sales tax before deductions and dividends. But see for yourself in this week's episode of 90 Second Summaries.

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Monday October 17, 2011 · 8:44 AM PDT

2011/10/17 · 08:44

2010 was the first election in which we witnessed the true effect of the Supreme Court's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision. On the night before the election, Congresswoman Donna Edwards said, "You can hear it on the radio ads and you can see it on the television, the independent spending that's going on there that's completely anonymous and, I think, it's been very destructive."

To that end, she introduced this week's episode, H. J. Res 78, an amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision.

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Monday October 03, 2011 · 6:00 AM PDT

2011/10/03 · 06:00

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On September 8th, President Barack Obama introduced his plan to create jobs and curb unemployment; The American Jobs Act.

A tough road lies ahead for the American Jobs Act, with Republicans lining up against it and some conservative Democrats publicly expressing concerns. But behind the political chatter there is a bill and whether you like it or not it is important to know what is actually in it.

You've got 90 seconds, so please check out this week's episode. And as always, more information below the fold.

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Sunday October 02, 2011 · 11:14 AM PDT

2011/10/02 · 11:14

Today I'm happy to be streaming live a house party for Norman Solomon, a candidate for California's second district.

There is going to be some time for Q&A and we are going to try to get questions from online included. If you'd like to ask a question, simply hop on over to the ustream chat (I can't guarantee that I'll be able to monitor the comments here during the event).

The event starts at 2:00, but we expect there to be some time for mingling and such, so we've prepared some programming to stream in while we wait for the event to get under way, but we will cut away to the livefeed just as soon as things get started (I expect that to be about 2:30).

Rebuilding America's Schools

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Monday September 26, 2011 · 5:06 PM PDT

2011/09/26 · 17:06

It was no surprise that the 2009 Recovery Act included provisions to fund school construction projects. Those projects create well-paid jobs, invest in our future, and enhance competitiveness. But with most of the stimulus money spent, the program must be renewed in order to continue.

The Rebuilding America's Schools Act, sponsored by Congressman Charles Rangel, would do just that. This legislation was highlighted in the Congressional Progressive Caucus' Rebuilding the American Dream Framework, crafted after their Speak out for Good Jobs tour this past summer.

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Monday September 19, 2011 · 9:36 AM PDT

2011/09/19 · 09:36

Earlier this year, the Center for Media and Democracy released documents detailing some 800 model legislations crafted by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Included in those documents was the Prison Industries Act, legislation that had already been established in dozens of states across the country.

Like much of the model legislation created by ALEC, this bill is designed to help private corporations increase profits. In this case, those profits come from the use of prison labor. As Mike Elk and Bob Sloan wrote in The Nation, "prison labor for the private sector was legally barred for years, to avoid unfair competition with private companies."

In addition to this legislation, ALEC crafted numerous pieces of legislation that resulted in harsher sentencing in the courts, meaning more prisoners and longer sentences. That, in turn, means more laborers off which to profit.

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Thursday September 15, 2011 · 12:49 PM PDT

2011/09/15 · 12:49

transcript below the fold.

On Tuesday, the Senate Finance committee held a hearing on tax reform during which Dr. Leonard E. Burman offered an interesting response to the oft-cited connection between hiring and tax rates. He argued that since labor costs are tax-deductible, employers benefit so long as a worker produces as much as the costs of hiring him or her. Demand, he added, is the far more significant factor in a business' hiring decisions and the more serious problem as of late.

This week, President Obama proposed paying for the American Jobs Act with tax increases on the very wealthy, or as the Heritage Foundation puts it: "tax hikes on job creators." This is typical of conservative messaging, dubiously framing all people who earn more than $200 thousand per year as "job creators," and repeating the unsubstantiated claim that moderate tax increases on the wealthy cause businesses to hire fewer workers. The Heritage Foundation cites themselves as the source to backup this claim.

As Dr. Burman argued, US businesses are far less responsive to tax rates than many would have us believe. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office notes that "increasing the after-tax income of businesses typically does not create much incentive for them to hire more workers in order to produce more, because production depends principally on their ability to sell their products."

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Thursday September 08, 2011 · 8:17 AM PDT

2011/09/08 · 08:17

Cross-posted from Main Street Insider

Everyone expects that the President will include, in his jobs speech tonight, a call to create an infrastructure bank that can be used as a mechanism for getting infrastructure projects going nationwide, potentially creating millions of jobs. On Tuesday, we released a summary of H.R. 402, the National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2011, legislation sponsored by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT3).

Until we have all the details on the President's plan, grand statements like, "this is the big idea!" are unwarranted. That being said, it is reasonable to predict that this will be one of the bigger ideas to come out of the President's speech.

Congresswoman DeLauro has advocated for years in favor of the creation of an infrastructure bank. It was last year that we sat down for a Sponsor Special with the Congresswoman and discussed in more detail what the infrastructure bank is all about.

Here are some highlights from that interview (full transcript below the fold):

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