by Bill Scher | Dec 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
203K New Jobs Could Prompt Fed Pullback "Unemployment Falls to 5-Year Low" reports NYT: "The jobs picture brightened in November as hiring was stronger than expected and the unemployment rate fell to a 5-year low, data that increases the likelihood that the Federal...
by Bill Scher | Dec 5, 2013 | Conservatism
Back in March, the Republican National Committee released an "autopsy" of its 2012 losses, which included 11 recommendations for how the party should change its image. As we end the year, let's check in and see how that's going. Below are the 11 recommendations,...
by Bill Scher | Dec 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Inequality In Spotlight W. Post's E. J. Dionne praises president for focus on inequality: "The debate over the Affordable Care Act can stay small, focusing on Web site failures and other short-term difficulties facing the law. Or it can get bigger, with wider...
by Bill Scher | Dec 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Obama Pushes Higher Wages, GOP Pushes Jobless Aid Cuts Obama to tackle inequality, push minimum wage hike in speech today. AP: "The president plans to deliver an address Wednesday to argue his case that income inequality and wage stagnation are threatening upward...
by Bill Scher | Dec 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
While the user performance of HealthCare.gov is greatly improved as of this week, critics are still focused on the back-end issue known as the "834 problem." 834s are the forms that the federal government gives to private insurers when someone signs up for insurance...
