by Bill Scher | Feb 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Pass The Deal for 3.5M Jobs! Contact Congress Today! $790B Economic Recovery Deal Reached, Should Be Law By Monday Associated Press, Reuters and Grist offer dollar figures. Major items: infrastructure, clean energy, education, health care, aid to unemployed and poor,...
by Bill Scher | Feb 11, 2009 | Blog
The House and Senate have a crafted a final deal for an economic recovery bill. Like with any compromise, there are things to like and not like. And no matter what the final result, everyone -- including the President -- understands this bill cannot be our final act....
by Terrance Heath | Feb 11, 2009 | Blog
Pop quiz. Three questions, and the first two don't count. Quick. Name the last time working Americans and their families had a friend in a presidential administration. Now, name ten good things conservatives — or conservatism — ever did for American workers. (And, no,...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 11, 2009 | Blog
The Obama administration has made its first serious misstep. No, it wasn't the wooing of ingrate Republicans, or the dining with clueless reactionary pundits. It is much more significant. Faced with the failure of Paulson—Bernanke banking bailout, the Obama...
by Bill Scher | Feb 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
Thinking Big Conference TODAY, 9-5, featuring Paul Krugman and many others. Live streaming available at ThinkingBigConference.org. ABC's The Note reports: "Wednesday's 800-person gathering, which is taking place at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., is...
