Health-care:
Your Handy Health Care Cheat Sheet - Wash Post
If you're having trouble understanding what HCR is all about, this is a very good summary. It's from August but still current.
Health-care reform: How the bills stack up - Wash Post
Nifty interactive graphic that give a quick rundown of the content of the Senate and House Bills.
The importance of the individual mandate - Ezra Klein, Wash Post
The individual mandate is one of the most controversial and confusion-inducing aspects of reform. I'd tell you more, but that would kind of defeat the whole purpose of linking.
Jobs:
What Types of Employment Policies Should be Discussed at the Jobs Forum? - Mark Thoma, CBS Moneywatch
Things the government can do to potentially boost employment.
American Jobs Plan - Economic Policy Institute
Good policy ideas from the progressive think-tank.
Financial Regulation:
Americans for Financial Reform
This has been a helpful site for me in my feeble attempts to understand financial reform.
What Caused the Economic Crisis? The 15 best explanations for the Great Recession. - Jacob Weisberg, Slate
Estate Tax
Policy Basics: The Estate Tax - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Nice intro to the estate tax. Check out their "Myths and Realities" paper too.
Rich Cling to Life to Beat Tax Man - Wall Street Journal
When the Levy Breaks - Tim Fernholz, Newsweek
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