Progressive Breakfast: Enormously Lucky Man? Or Ultra-Deserving Deep Pocket?
MORNING MESSAGE Sam Pizzigati Enormously Lucky Man? Or Ultra-Deserving Deep Pocket? What separates the awesomely affluent from the rest of us? Privilege, opportunity, luck, or all three? And what do they owe the rest of society? The incredibly lucrative career of retiring Google exec Eric Schmidt offers us some clues. GOP Wants Short-Term Spending Deal, No DACA Fix Republican leaders offer one-month spending bill. WaPo: “House Republican leaders presented their rank and file with a one-month spending bill Tuesday aimed at keeping the government open ahead of a Friday night deadline, as hopes for a deal on young undocumented immigrants faded. The bill would extend existing spending levels through Feb. 16 and include an extension of a popular children’s health insurance program — aimed at winning Democratic votes — and a new sweetener for conservatives and Democrats alike in delaying several taxes included in the Affordable Care Act. Few lawmakers were enthusiastic about t...