by Dave Johnson | Mar 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
In Washington, austerity-hungry Republicans called the sequester's "across the board" spending cuts a "victory" – until their districts feel them. Then they complain about the cuts, but still demand cuts somewhere else and add new demands that someone ELSE decide what...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 27, 2013 | Economy, Minimum Wage
A new study, Democracy and the Policy Preferences of Wealthy Americans, by Professors Benjamin I. Page, Jason Seawright and Larry M. Bartels sought to gauge the political and policy priorities of the wealthy, and how these concerns contrast with the concerns of the...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 25, 2013 | Blog
There is a lesson from the Cyprus situation: If you are a large depositor you need to watch your back bank. You can't just assume someone will bail out the banks -- and you. The big banks have been able to keep governments from reigning them in, while getting...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 22, 2013 | Back to Work Budget, Making it in America
First it was Fix the Debt, with tax-dodging corporations "leading the charge for massive new corporate tax cuts paid for with cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid." Now there's a new "LIFT America coalition," pushing for massive, massive corporate tax cuts,...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 21, 2013 | Back to Work Budget
The House voted on budgets yesterday and austerity won. 84 Democrats voted for the jobs and growth "Back To Work Budget" from the Congressional Progressive Caucus. 102 Democrats voted against it. (1 voted "present" and 13 were not voting.) Here is the roll call vote...
