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Obama's Wage Promise Answers Calls of Growing Movement

Davos, Minimum Wage, Pete Seeger, Goldman Sachs, Chris Christie and the Superbowl

The fact that the Canadian government and the oil industry were reportedly briefed on today’s news before Congress was given the courtesy of a heads-up speaks volumes. It encourages the already widely held impression that the fix was in from the beginning. If the administration expects to avoid the lasting stink of having ignored every red flag in the book, it needs to explain itself.

Fears over economic downturn suggest the need for a new global system