by Terrance Heath | Mar 13, 2013 | Back to Work Budget, The Sequester
After listening to National Economic Advisor to the President Gene Sperling this morning, I think I have a better understanding of at least one reason why we ended up in this sequestration mess, and why no one in Washington can seem to figure way out of it. The White...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 13, 2013 | Back to Work Budget
They say that Washington DC and the major media are "wired for Republicans." Steve Benen explains how this works, ... week in and week out, this debate is dominated by voices from only one party. A couple of years ago, Josh Marshall talked about how the Washington...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 13, 2013 | Blog
The AMERICA Works Act would establish a national credentialing system for manufacturing skills like welding and machining. Sen. Kay Hagan D-NC, Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind. and Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev. are co-sponsoring the bill. The Winston-Salem Journal explains, in...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 13, 2013 | Blog
The current European revolt against CEO greed, if successful, might leave Corporate Europe looking just like Corporate America — in the 1950s. In America today, the New York Times reports, we’re living in “a golden age” — for corporate profits. These earnings have...
by Bill Scher | Mar 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: Will The Media Cover The “Back To Work” Budget? OurFuture.org's Bill Scher: "For the past 24 hours, the media has dutifully reported on the budget proposal from Rep. Paul Ryan, even though everyone knows it is extremely unlikely to become law. That’s...
