by Bill Scher | Feb 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Obama Stands Down On Social Security Obama takes Chained CPI offer out of 2015 budget. NYT: "White House officials said on Thursday that since Republicans in Congress have shown no willingness to meet the president’s offer on social programs by closing loopholes for...
by Bill Scher | Feb 20, 2014 | Minimum Wage
Over at The New Republic, Danny Vinik notes that the Republicans are attacking President Obama's approach for raising incomes with a higher minimum wage, ostensibly for fear of job losses. Yet Republicans refuse to coalesce around any alternatives for either raising...
by Bill Scher | Feb 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Obama Tries To Sell Trade Deal Obama promotes TPP during North American summit. AP: "Closing a day of talks with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, Obama said the North American partners must maintain their 'competitive advantage' on trade, in part by expanding into...
by Bill Scher | Feb 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Trade Tops Agenda For Obama In Mexico President Obama in Mexico today to talk trade. NYT: "Michael B. Froman, the president’s trade representative ... noted that as a candidate, Mr. Obama promised to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, known as Nafta....
by Bill Scher | Feb 18, 2014 | Blog
Seven years ago, Newt Gingrich stood next to John Kerry said that there is "clear agreement that human activity has helped increase the level of [global] warming" and therefore, "it is a problem, we should address it and we should address it very actively." There is...
