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Dick’s dream: Morning of Aug. 22nd

Asheville Progressive Posted on August 27, 2011 by adminAugust 27, 2011

Dick’s dream: Morning of Aug. 22nd – Dreamed about starting vocational schools in large tents or abandoned buildings. Would use large parking lots like “Home Depot”. Everyone was either a student or teacher. People would furnish their own tools and equipment. Local equipment dealers would furnish machines such as cranes or back hoes. Not a government program. Community based activities. Any community could start a technical learning center. People could … Continue reading →

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Robert Reich: “This Labor Day We Need Protests, Not Parades”

Asheville Progressive Posted on August 27, 2011 by adminAugust 27, 2011

Robert Reich, Op-Ed: “Not only are 25 million unemployed or underemployed, but American companies continue to cut wages and benefits. The median wage is still dropping, adjusted for inflation. High unemployment has given employers extra bargaining leverage to wring out wage concessions. All told, it’s been the worst decade for American workers in a century. According to Commerce Department data, private-sector wage gains over the last decade have even lagged … Continue reading →

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HARVEST HOUSE WINS PHONE BOOK CONTEST

Asheville Progressive Posted on August 27, 2011 by adminAugust 27, 2011

Dee Black Harvest House Asheville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department Harvest House wants to thank all the residents of Kenilworth who dropped their phone books in the dumpster at the parking lot of Harvest House. We had a total of 3,140lbs of books. The next closest center had only 1,140 lbs. We plan on some sort of community party and will let folks know. Thanks for the support!!! Dee … Continue reading →

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Jubilation Sweeps Tripoli – Rebels Hunt Gadhafi

Asheville Progressive Posted on August 23, 2011 by adminAugust 23, 2011

Hannah Allam, Shashank Bengali and Suliman Ali Zway, News Report: “The long, brutal reign of Col. Moammar Gadhafi appeared to collapse Sunday as rebels swept into Tripoli, captured three of his sons and set off wild street celebrations in a capital that he’d ruled by fear for more than four decades, Libyan and NATO officials said. With NATO bombings paving the way, rebel forces entered Tripoli with surprising ease and … Continue reading →

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The GOP new preamble

Asheville Progressive Posted on August 22, 2011 by adminAugust 22, 2011

By Nemer Baki, Lansing, Michigan The GOP new preamble: We the corporations of the United States, in order to form a more profitable union, rig the justice system, ensure Wall Street tranquility, provide for our executives, promote the corporate welfare, and secure the blessings of owning both parties and the three branches of government, forever do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America … Continue reading →

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Bernie Sanders: America Needs A Bold Jobs Plan

Asheville Progressive Posted on August 20, 2011 by adminAugust 20, 2011

Bernie Sanders: America Needs A Bold Jobs Plan John Nichols, Op-Ed: Bernie Sanders: ““Social Security has not contributed a nickel to the deficit, it has a $2.6 trillion surplus, and it can pay out every benefit owed to every eligible American for the next twenty-five years. It must not be cut. Instead of balancing the budget on the backs of working families, the elderly, the children, the sick and the … Continue reading →

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Republicans don’t want taxes raised!

Asheville Progressive Posted on August 18, 2011 by adminAugust 18, 2011

KIM GEIGER NEWS RE­PORT Re­pub­li­cans blasted back at War­ren Buf­fett after the bil­lion­aire in­vestor ar­gued in a news­pa­per opin­ion piece that the mega-rich in the U.S. are “cod­dled” by the tax code.​The coun­try’s wealth­i­est cit­i­zens pay con­sid­er­ably less taxes, as a per­cent­age of in­come, than the poor and mid­dle class, Buf­fett said in an ar­ti­cle pub­lished Mon­day in The New York Times.”My friends and I have been cod­dled long enough … Continue reading →

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Stop Coddling the Super-Rich

Asheville Progressive Posted on August 17, 2011 by adminAugust 17, 2011

Stop Coddling the Super-Rich By WARREN E. BUFFETT Published: August 14, 2011 RECOMMEND TWITTER SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT REPRINTS SHARE Omaha Enlarge This Image Kelly Blair Related Times Topic: Income Tax Related in Opinion Editorial: The Truth About Taxes (August 7, 2011) OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they … Continue reading →

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Democrats want more jobs!

Asheville Progressive Posted on August 16, 2011 by adminAugust 16, 2011

PETER NICHOLAS NEWS RE­PORT As he sets out on a three-day bus tour of the Mid­west fo­cused on the econ­omy, Pres­i­dent Barack Obama is com­ing under grow­ing pres­sure from fel­low De­moc­rats to put for­ward a more ag­gres­sive strat­egy to cre­ate jobs than the one he has been tout­ing for months.​WASHIN­G­TON – Obama has of­fered a jobs pack­age crafted to win Re­pub­li­can sup­port in a di­vided Con­gress. But he faces two … Continue reading →

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Jim Hightower | America’s Real Job Creators Are Broke

Asheville Progressive Posted on August 15, 2011 by adminAugust 15, 2011

Jim Hightower | America’s Real Job Creators Are Broke Jim Hightower, Op-Ed: “You see, despite the GOP’s ideological claptrap about corporate executives being “job creators,” it’s ordinary Americans who actually create jobs by spending from their paychecks. This is why our obtuse policymakers need to quit pampering the rich and fussing over budgets. Instead, they should launch a national, FDR-style jobs program that will immediately increase paychecks, perk up consumer … Continue reading →

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