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US Manufacturing Wages Not Too High
US manufacturing wages are competitive, but wages are not the only reason companies might not be coming back. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report this week, International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs in Manufacturing, 2011, that debunks the...
Progressive Leaders Stand Against Social Security Cuts
Yesterday, I posted that progressive leaders in Congress are saying "No Deal" to "fiscal cliff' deals that cut Social Security benefits while cutting the wealthy yet another break on taxes. Today, that list is growing, as more progressive join what's beginning to look...
Progressive Breakfast
On the menu this morning:
- MORNING MESSAGE: What About The Jobs and Wages Cliff?
- The First Social Security Cut Is The Deepest
- "Plan BS"
- Sticking To Our Gun Control
- Breakfast Sides
Progressive Breakfast
On the menu this morning:
- MORNING MESSAGE: What About The Jobs and Wages Cliff?
- The First Social Security Cut Is The Deepest
- "Plan BS"
- Sticking To Our Gun Control
- Breakfast Sides
Progressive Breakfast
On the menu this morning:
- MORNING MESSAGE: What About The Jobs and Wages Cliff?
- The First Social Security Cut Is The Deepest
- "Plan BS"
- Sticking To Our Gun Control
- Breakfast Sides
Defense Lobby Wins, Middle Class Loses In Obama Debt Proposal
The President's latest budget offer slashes a 95 year old retiree's Social Security benefits by more than nine percent -- and trims the defense budget by less than one percent. Nancy Pelosi insists that these benefit reductions aren't "cuts," which is consistent with...
What About The Jobs and Wages Cliff?
One of the most maddening features of the current fiscal cliff/fiscal swindle debate is that the chattering class rarely acknowledges the people who have already fallen off the cliff: 5 million Americans who have been unemployed for more than 27 weeks. The roughly 7...
Progressives In Congress Say "No Deal" To Social Security Cuts
Progressives in Congress aren't falling for the trick that Washington is using to cut Social Security in the "fiscal cliff" negotiations. Instead they are raising their voices against the insanity of Democrats committing political suicide by: destroying their...
Mayor Emanuel Races Chicago's Economy To Bottom
Does a city "save money" by outsourcing good-paying jobs to a company that pays crap wages? The people who had good-paying jobs are out of work, replaced by people in low-wage jobs, and the rest of us feel the downward pressure on our wages and benefits as the race to the bottom accelerates.
The Real War on Christmas: Canceling Unemployment Insurance For Two Million Americans
The president criticized Boehner's "Plan B" proposal today because it lacks an extension for unemployment insurance into 2013.
If the president fails to win on this issue, two million people will face tough choices. The mortgage or the car payment? Go to the doctor or hope for the best? Cash in the 401(k) or take the kids out of college?
