by Bill Scher | Jan 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
ALERT: Horrific Job Losses In December New job numbers released this AM by Bureau of Labor Statistics are horrifying. 524,000 jobs lost in December. 2.6M jobs lost in 2008, majority in past four months. Manufacturing losses near 800,000 since Dec. 2007. Unemployment...
by Bill Scher | Jan 8, 2009 | Blog
In President-elect Barack Obama's major economic address today, he laid out one dozen key planks of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, including initiatives to: 1. "double the production of alternative energy in the next three years" 2. "modernize more than...
by Bill Scher | Jan 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Econ Plan May Get Bigger and Bolder In CNBC interview by John Harwood, Obama indicates economic recovery could grow larger than $775B, in advance of major...
by Bill Scher | Jan 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Congress Chews on Econ Recovery, While Biz Tax Breaks Take Hits CAF’s Borosage urges a re-think on business tax cuts: “He's likely to pay a price both in...
by Bill Scher | Jan 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Pushback Against Business Tax Cuts Krugman blogs his concern: "we’re probably looking at a plan that will shave less than 2 percentage points off the...
