News Release

May Job Figures: No Change

06/07/2013

Statement from Robert Borosage of the Campaign for America’s Future:

Washington, DC -- “In a statement released today on the May jobs report, Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, warned that this report showed an economy that was treading water. more »

Democrats must overcome Clinton nostalgia

06/03/2013

Washington, DC -- Robert L. Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future, writing today on the Reuters Opinion blog, said: “Today’s Democratic party must free itself from the legacy of former President Bill Clinton and the centrism of his New Democrats.” more »

CEOs Pushing Austerity Enjoy Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay

05/02/2013

Washington, D.C. — Ordinary taxpayers are subsidizing exorbitant executive pay at the corporations leading the push for austerity in the budget debate, according to a new report by the Institute for Policy Studies and Campaign for America’s Future. more »

Why Obama’s Legacy Does Not Need a Grand Bargain

03/25/2013

Washington, DC -- Deficit hawks are pressuring President Obama to forge a "grand bargain" swapping retirement benefit cuts and tax increases, by claiming he needs the deal for his "legacy." But writing today in The Week, Campaign for America Future's Bill Scher shreds that argument. more »

Repeal the Sequester; Don’t Postpone it

02/05/2013

Washington, DC –After President Obama called on Congress to postpone the deep across the board spending cuts set to kick in on March 1 in the so-called sequester, Campaign for America’s Future co-director Robert Borosage said, “The sequester irresponsibly will cost over one million jobs and impede an already faltering recovery. more »

Jobs Numbers Demonstrate Economy Needs Action to Spur Growth, Not Austerity

02/01/2013

Washington, D.C. -- Today’s report that the U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in January is welcome news that the American economy has not sunk into recession, as many European countries have. But Roger Hickey of the Campaign for America’s Future warned that the austerity policies that have pushed unemployment upward in those countries are now scheduled to be imposed on the U.S. more »

Jobs Report is Not a Clear Marker: The Economy is Not Ready for Austerity

December 7, 2012

Washington, DC -- “Buffeted by Sandy, an early Thanksgiving, and the Washington fiscal showdown, the unemployment rate is down to 7.7 percent with 146,000 added jobs in November according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is much better than expected but hardly a clear marker,” said Robert L. Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future. more »

350 Economists Warn President and Congress: Bad “Grand Bargain” on Deficits Could Kill Recovery.

November 14, 2012

Washington, DC – 350 prominent economists issued a statement on Wednesday warning that “the fragile recovery is threatened by obsessive concern with cutting deficits that has infected both parties.” The economists from universities and research groups across the U.S. and the world reminded politicians that the U.S. more »

Media Advisory: 350 Economists Will Warn Obama and Congress:

November 12, 2012

Washington, DC --Warning that the U.S. economy in the post-election period is still “marked by mass unemployment, rising poverty, and declining wages.” 350 prominent economists will issue a statement on Wednesday, Nov 14 warning, “the fragile recovery is threatened by obsessive concern with cutting deficits that has infected both parties.” more »

New Report Shows Rep. Tim Johnson Votes Against the Middle Class 80 Percent of the Time

October 9, 2012

Washington, DC – According to a new Middle Class Voter Guide from the Campaign for America’s Future, Rep. Tim Johnson is considered one of the “worst of the worst” because he votes for the middle class only 20 percent of the time. more »