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The Fiscal Cliff Debate Borders on the Surreal
Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games.
How ridiculous is the fiscal cliff debate? The answer is that it’s off-the-wall crazy. Consider the following.
So DO Tax Cuts Create Jobs?
In Wednesday's debate Mitt Romney repeated his claim that cutting individual and corporate income taxes creates jobs. But when you look at what actually happened, the periods when we had the highest tax rates were the periods we had the greatest job and economic growth. And the periods with lower taxes had lower job and economic growth. (And we all know what happened in the Bush years...)
Progressive Breakfast
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security.
MORNING MESSAGE: Workers Blocking Bain Trucks Shipping Jobs To China
Progressive Breakfast
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security.
MORNING MESSAGE: Workers Blocking Bain Trucks Shipping Jobs To China
Mitt Romney: Magic Man
"I’m gonna float like a butterfly and sting like a bee;
George can’t hit what his hands can’t see;
Now you see me, now you don’t;
He thinks he will, but I know he won’t." ~ Muhammad Ali
At last week’s presidential debate, Mitt Romney floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee.
He punched and parried, feigning the great Muhamm
Casey Mulligan: Wrong Again on Minimum Wage
In yet another attack on the minimum wage, New York Times Economix blogger Casey Mulligan argues that the failure of part-time employment to continue to increase at the end of 2009 is proof that the July 2009 minimum wage increase prevented 800,000 part-time jobs from being created.
The Children of Columbus: The Multinationals and Their Courtiers
As the nation commemorates Christopher Columbus, let's not forget his 21st Century descendants: the multinational corporations who span the globe in search of wealth.
You Don't Know Jack
The Bureau of Labor Statistics was created in 1884 by Chester Alan Arthur -- and now Jack Welch wants to see its birth certificate.
UPDATED: Top 11 Excuses Conservatives Are Already Making For Losing The Election
UPDATE: This post when originally published on Oct. 3 was a "Top 10" list. It has been expanded to include the new excuse: "Chicago" Rigged The Jobs Numbers.
Jobs Numbers Show This Is Not The Time For Austerity
The September jobs report is more of the same. We witness slow growth, with job creation barely at levels needed to keep up with workforce growth.
