rdan Linda Beale writes some thoughts on public plans for health care and points us to Ezra Klein and Robert Reich. Update: Singapore is returned to comments. Going to ataxingmatter…

rdan (Links provided by MG) Treasury Department Releases Details on Public Private Partnership Investment Program The Role of the Federal Reserve in Preserving Financial and Monetary Stability : Joint Statement…

…left out of Highlights make a difference) 2) Equipment purchases 3) Building and Infrastructure 4) Public Health 5) Jobs. Let us set some parameters. There is a distinction between ‘wasteful’…

…transportation (roads etc) compare to subsidies for public? Here’s her answer: Good question. Local roads and highways get much more than transit; the question is how much more. It’s a…

…commissioner to the White House. Something important to recognize–these are the first public records we’ve had of such visits–Obama made them public; other presidents before him did not. That means…

…speech of public-employee whistleblowers, and not just the speech of public employees who don’t want to speak in support of big government by being compelled to pay a fee to…

…deny federal-court access to pretty much everyone who isn’t a corporation, a state (states are now people, just like corporations, except when someone wants to sue them), a public official…

…from the general public. Otherwise, it might look like their attack on unions and public services had selfish motives. They also wanted to give their views intellectual respectability. So they…

…those same right-leaning voters suffer from poor K-12 education, low-quality public services including neglected roadways, nonexistent or outdated public transportation systems, inferior safety nets, inferior health results, lower literacy rates,…

Via Alternet: New data reveals our public—not private—school system is among the best in the world. In fact, except for the debilitating effects of poverty, our public school system may…