by Dave Johnson | Jun 6, 2011 | Blog, Economy
We have a jobs emergency. We have a stagnant economy. We are falling behind in economic competitiveness. We have developed a terrible concentration of income and wealth. We can address all of these at once. Robert Kuttner, writing in The Economic Relapse at the...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 1, 2011 | Blog
Most people don’t know that there is a huge loophole in the Social Security tax. Believe it or not, after $107K income you don’t pay any Social Security tax. This loophole is called the “cap.” The "cap" loophole is bigger than the loopholes that let big corporations...
by Dave Johnson | May 31, 2011 | Blog
The House is voting on a “clean” debt ceiling bill this evening -- a bill to raise the debt ceiling without any "hostage-taking" conditions. This is the right thing to do for the country and every Democrat should vote for this. Voting for a clean bill will draw the...
by Dave Johnson | May 26, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Republicans announced something they called a "jobs plan" today. This time it's different. It really is. This time it really will create jobs instead of just handing even more money to a few at the top at the expense of the rest of us. You might not believe this...
by Dave Johnson | May 25, 2011 | Blog
In 2010 Republicans and corporate front groups ran ad after ad after ad after ad claiming that Democrats had "Cut 500 billion from Medicare." Those ads brought them the senior vote, and they took the House. Confident in their ability to "create their own reality" they...
