The Economy & Taxes

Trump’s Economic Plans: A Windfall for Trump Children, But Not So Much for Average Americans (Robert Reich)

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Obama’s Greatest Accomplishment: Rescuing America from the Brink of Depression, and Then Ushering In the Longest Period of Jobs Growth in U.S. History (The New Yorker)

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Trump’s Treasury Sec’y Pick – Dubbed ‘The Foreclosure King’ – Defends Role As Head of Controversial California Bank with Reputation as ‘Foreclosure Machine’ (Money Magazine)

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Caitlin Barbiere, aged 2, plays in the driveway as her family’s possessions sit piled in the front yard during a home foreclosure eviction in October of 2011 in Miliken, Colo. (Photo: Getty Images)

 

U.S. Adds 178,000 Jobs in Nov.; Unemployment Falls to Nine-Year Low of 4.6% (USA Today)

Corporate Welfare: Carrier Gets YUGE Tax Break for Agreeing to Ship Out Just 1,300 Jobs to Mexico (Eugene Robinson)

Sanders: We Need a President Who Can Stand Up to Big Corporations, Not Fold to Their Demands (Sen. Bernie Sanders)

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