Thanks to ToddS for pointing me to the article Nine Reasons that Progressive Policies Deliver Prosperity and Freedom and to the Angry Bear blog on which it is posted.

…based on the long-term historical record, by pretty much any economic measure it’s progressive policies that deliver superior growth, prosperity, fiscal responsibility, opportunity, individual liberty, and a vibrant, robust economy and society.

This article is the big picture statement of what I think is true of progressive policies that I favor.  That is why I favor them.  They seem to work.

The New York Times has an opinion piece On the Trail of Mortgage Fraud.

Big banks created demand and provided credit for dubious mortgage loans, which they bundled into securities and sold to investors. If not for reckless lending and heedless securitizing, there would have been no mortgage bubble and no mortgage bust …

On January 19 there is a rally in Springfield.

Wall Street banks must be held fully accountable.
January 19th, a week before Obama’s State of the Union address, we’ll let the president know that we have his back—so that he can stand strong and make sure Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Chase, and other Big Banks are held accountable.

I’ll be there with some signs in support of the rally.  How about you?

Leave it to Stephen Colbert’s Super-PAC to find a way to put it so that we can understand it.

I don’t know if his Super-PAC is so original, though. Perhaps the video below gave him the idea. (I don’t know which video came first.)