The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Santa Fe Moves a Step Closer Toward Creating City-Owned Public Bank
A new study concludes that a public bank for the New Mexico city is both feasible and would have a positive financial impact – adding $24 million to city coffers over a seven-year period.
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Here's How You Turn America's Low Deficit Into An Infrastructure Boom
Liberals are celebrating the news that the federal deficit is $59 billion lower this year than last year and defending Obama's record in the process – but making an argument for decreased public investment is doing conservatives’ work for them.
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How Public Banking is Winning the West
From Washington and Colorado to Arizona and New Mexico, the movement to create city and regional public banks is heating up.
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Vermonters Lobby for A Public Bank — And Win Millions for Local Investment Instead
Public banking advocates may not have gotten the state bank they wanted – but they were able to pass new rules that will extend loans to local projects.
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Seattle City Council is Considering Another Groundbreaking Idea: A Public Bank
This city's government knows that the antecedents of democracy are material – the ability to provide services, the ability to absorb the impact of economic shifts, the ability to make citizens feel invested in their communities.
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Big Banks Broke America: How to Achieve The Ultimate Revenge Against Them
Since looting all of us for a generous bailout, you'd have thought they'd all lie low. Here's what they did instead.
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Big Banks Hit with Monster $250 Billion Lawsuit in Housing Crisis
Investors led by BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, and PIMCO, the world’s largest bond-fund manager, have sued some of the world’s largest banks for breach of fiduciary duty.
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Ahead of the Looming Foreclosure Crisis, Local Governments Are Stepping In
The glut of underwater mortgages needs to be written down to match underlying assets, not just to help homeowners but to revive the economy.
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Why Californians Are Paying Double – In Interest to the Banks
The Bay Bridge retrofit was slated to cost $6.3 billion, but with interest and fees, taxpayers will shell out over $12 billion - indicative of a trend in the Golden State.
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Strike Debt Bay Area Elevates Jubilee Message – Debt Forgiveness – to the Forefront
From debtors assemblies to study groups, Strike Debt Bay Area uses debt as a platform for collective action and resistance.
