by Robert Borosage | Jan 3, 2013 | Minimum Wage, The Sequester
Washington is careening off the fiscal cliff smack into the debt ceiling. These mind-numbing mixed metaphors are not the currency of a well-governed nation. Once more, Washington is fixated on what and how to cut. Once more, the media is clamoring for a deal, for...
by Bill Scher | Jan 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: So Can We Focus On Jobs NOW? OurFuture.org's Dave Johnson: "Now that the idiotic “fiscal cliff’ is out of the way, maybe we can start to get around to doing something that will actually help We, the People, fix the economy and reduce the borrowing....
by Bill Scher | Jan 2, 2013 | Blog
Progressives ranging from Paul Krugman, Noam Scheiber, Greg Sargent and OurFuture.org's own Robert Borosage are down on the latest tax deal. They feel President Obama caved on the threshold for higher tax rates and, in turn, set himself up another another bad deal in...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 2, 2013 | Blog
Now that the "fiscal cliff" deal has gone down, we have a couple of months to argue over the "winners" and "losers" before the country is dragged into the next of DC's. It's a good time to consider what comes next, and how it will impact people of color — and, by...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 2, 2013 | Economy
Congress and the media paid homage to the agenda of the billionaires and Wall Street, with the manufactured "fiscal cliff" PR campaign frenzy that just ended. So now can we get back to the country's priorities? Can we talk about jobs now? Jobs Fix Deficits Now that...
