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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Occupy the Super Bowl: Atlanta's School System Suffers As Football Fever Reigns
Atlanta's public school personnel face a bleak economic future while the city is guaranteeing hundreds of millions of dollars for its Super Bowl host site.
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By Exploiting and Mismanaging Public Pensions, Wall Street Has Cost Taxpayers $600 Billion Over Last Decade
"Most people (including policymakers) still have no idea that skimming fees off public employees' retirement savings has become one of the largest sources of profits for Wall Street moguls."
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Inequality Is Still the Defining Issue of Our Time
Fierce battles over trade, labor rights and executive compensation will determine whether we can really narrow the gap.
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Hedge Funds Have Cost Workers Billions. This is How They’re Fighting Back.
A growing movement to take pension money out of hedge funds is part of a larger effort to wrest control of the economy away from the financiers who’ve created a system that works only for the super-rich.
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Let's Get This Straight: AIG Execs Got Bailout Bonuses But Pensioners Get Cuts
In contrast to top AIG executives who helped bankrupt their company and sink the economy, no one has accused city workers in Chicago or Detroit of doing anything wrong. They did their jobs — so why are they the ones facing pension cuts?
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ALEC and Teachers Insurance Association Join the Assault On Public Pensions
The National Public Pension Coalition has flagged ALEC’s entry into the public pension battle ahead of 2014 elections, saying it threatens the financial security of millions of state and local public employees.
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Why Are Privately Employed Lobbyists Getting State-Funded Pensions?
There’s a big problem when lobbyists have been pushing austerity and benefit cuts for other government workers while they themselves enjoy solid state pensions.
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In Era of City Bankruptcies, It's Time to Expand Federal Pension Benefit Guarantys
What happens to a municipal worker's pension when a city goes bankrupt? Unlike banks, they won't get bailed out.
