Obama will use USDA and SBA to spur jobs

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Thom Hartman Inverview with Great Minds: Van Jones The American Dream Movement

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Resources > Links

Links to articles and resources we can use to help President Obama and Democrats win in 2012.
Thanks to all those at The Obama Diary for providing these links

AMERICAN JOBS ACT
State by State list of jobs created by Jobs Act
10 reasons you should support President Obama's American Jobs Act 
American Jobs Act Website

AMERICAN DREAM MOVEMENT
Daily Beast Article

DEBT / DEFICIT
If Congress Does Nothing, The Deficit Will Disappear

DEMS vs REP
Ezra Klein explains it all: the White House’s surprisingly good 2011
Bills House Democrats passed and GOP Senators blocked

DISAPPOINTED VOTERS - How to educate them about the Presidents accomplishments
President Obama :: Promises Kept
Dear President Obama :: I am not Disappointed
"Not Dissapointed by President Obama" by Jake Lamar :: video
100 Things You Can’t Complain About If You Don’t Care About Voting, Or If You Think Voting Is Unimportant
Tally's Fact Sheet 

ELECTION TOOLS
Vote Smart - finds the best candidate based on your position on issues.

Fed Election Comm. :: Contributions to Presidential Candidates  :: Contributions to Congress
Election Law Blog :: help fight voter suppression

JUSTICE DEPT.
DOJ Watch - by smartypants

NDAA
Letter on the NDAA’s Detention Provisions
NDAA’s  FAQ


OBAMA
President Obama :: Promises Kept
1995 - before he enters politics

MADE UN USA
Gift Ideas :: Madie in America
Americans Working
Still Made in America

MYTH BUSTERS
Attack Watch
Bush: Who’s the Bigger Tax Cutter?
How to Talk About Solyndra
Exclusive Timeline: Bush Administration Advanced Solyndra Loan Guarantee for Two Years, Media Blow the Story
A Post-Solyndra Video Primer on How Loan Guarantees Work

REPUBLICANS
Things The Republican Congress Has Done, INSTEAD Of Creating Jobs
24 Policies That Republicans Supported BEFORE They Were Against Them
EMILY's List: GOP Presidential Score Card

ROMNEY
Romney's Job Creation Record
Romney's firm profited, jobs disappeared

ROLE OF GOVERNMENTGovernment Spending Can Create Jobs—and It Has
Government is good

TAXES
Reagan Called For An End To ‘Crazy’ Tax Loopholes That Let Millionaires Pay Less Than Bus Drivers
Cost of Bush Tax Cuts a running total

THIRD PARTY
Americans Elect, Part III: Who’s Behind The Astroturf Organization?


VOTER SUPPRESSION
Election Law Blog :: help fight voter suppression

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L.A. School District Rehires 450 Teachers Laid Off In June

The Los Angeles school district has rehired 450 elementary school teachers who had been laid off in June. The AP reports that the jobs were restored after "a combination of retirements, resignations, dismissals and a four-day furlough agreement with the teachers union allowed the district to rescind the layoffs."

The layoffs were part of massive job cuts instituted this summer, as Los Angeles dealt with state funding cuts. Although the school district has rehired 4,170 teachers and support staff since those initial cuts were made, some 1,450 personnel remain laid off.

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A Portable Urban Farm, Made Entirely Of Milk Crates

Savvy urban restaurateurs from New York to California have recently discovered that growing their own produce, whether on a rooftop farm or a neighboring site, is easier than trekking to local farmer's markets or buying from suppliers--and it provides lots of publicity. When Sisha Ortuzar and Jeffrey Zurofsky, partners at the popular 'wichcraft chain, decided to open up a new restaurant, they too sought out their own farm space. But instead of building a rooftop farm, the Riverpark restaurant team opted to take over a neighboring construction site that had lain idle for years, fill it with milk crates, and grow piles of produce.

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California health insurance costs lower than many other states

Californians who bemoan high insurance premiums may not have it as bad as they think. It turns out that people in other states pay a lot more for health coverage.


A new analysis of individual insurance markets across the country shows that Californians pay $157 a month on average for coverage. Nationally, individual  policyholders pay an average $215 a month, according to the study by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation.

The least expensive state is Alabama. Policyholders in that state’s individual market pay an average $136 a month. The most expensive states include Massachusetts and Vermont, where individuals pay more than $400 a month on average.

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