by Bill Scher | Dec 3, 2010 | Blog
When health care reform was signed into law, President Barack Obama correctly described it as "biggest deficit reduction plan since the 1990s." In fact, the Congressional Budget Office projected it would save more than $1 trillion during the next two decades. This...
by Bill Scher | Dec 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: What Doomed...
by Bill Scher | Dec 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: Beware Simpson-Bowles "Revenue Neutral" Tax Reform OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "Alan Simpson and his investment banker co-chair Erskine Bowles recommend as part of deficit reduction lowering tax rates, particularly those on the top. ... they...
by Bill Scher | Dec 1, 2010 | Blog
On Wednesday, the White House deficit commission is expected to take a final vote of the recommendations of its co-chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles. Then the battle for public opinion really begins. As the Wall Street Journal reported today, there is little...
by Bill Scher | Dec 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Save Dems From...