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Jobs and The Economy

FACT: President Obama successfully fought for the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act to provide benefits and retraining to workers who have seen their jobs move overseas 


Check out the  Presidents Record on Jobs and the Economy   , including how the American Jobs Act may affect you, Made in America initiatives and more.


 


 

Corbett's Privatization Panel Open to Lobbyists, Not the Public

There is a new round of questions over Gov. Tom Corbett's privatization panel. The panel, filled with donors and major supporters, raised severe concerns over potential conflicts of interest. Many members of the panel stood to benefit from reckless privatization, while there were few voices to make the case that privatization is costly and provides diminished services while only benefiting corporate special interests.   


This week, Capitolwire reported the panel held its first meeting. The meeting was not open to the public, but it wasn't quite closed-door - it was open to lobbyists. This certainly cuts against the pledge of openness and transparency that Tom Corbett ran on in 2010. 


 Now the privatization panel is considering liquor privatization, an area originally outside of the panel's issues.


 There are several important questions: Why was the meeting open to lobbyists but not the general public? What lobbyists attended and what industries do they represent?


 

Impeach Tom Corbett!!

PA Gov. Tom Corbett defends the firing of Coach Joe Paterno and long time PSU President Graham Spanier, because they failed to meet higher moral obligation. "I think one of the lessons that we need to learn from this is that, when people see something like this or hear about something like this, you need to investigate right away, you need to report," Corbett told Meet the Press host David Gregory. 



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