Columnist and writer David Sirota tears the lid off of a seemingly innocuous new report by the Brookings Institute exposing that the research paper is actually just a deceptive “native advertising” campaign funded entirely by the John Arnold Foundation (John …
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Governor Snyder and Kevyn Orr might consider this blueprint a “comeback” and “the best path forward,” but don’t believe the hype.
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While Governor Snyder and Emergency Manager Orr may claim pensioners win out over Wall Street in the proposed bankruptcy settlement, the truth is that once again Detroit’s workers are getting the short end of the deal.
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Senator Harkin has reaffirmed what we have known all along – that retirement security in this country is in crisis
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President Obama has rightly recognized that Americans are facing a retirement security crisis, which exacerbates the growing income inequality facing our nation’s middle class.
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Despite admitting that the original swap deal may have been illegal, emergency manager Kevyn Orr, in partnership with Governor Snyder, continues to show preference to the Wall Street interests that impoverished the city at the expense of retirees who devoted …
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