by Dave Johnson | Aug 6, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The economy is stuck. We need jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. Not tax cuts. The government released the July Employment Situation Summary and it isn't great. First, in context, before the stimulus we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. The...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 5, 2010 | Blog
Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees today released their report on the Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs. Here is what it says: Social Security Just Fine Until At Least 2037 The summary of the report says, "The financial outlook for...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 4, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
Addressing the AFL-CIO Executive Council today, President Obama signaled support for the new Congressional "Make It In America" initiative, saying, "As long as I'm president, I'm going to keep fighting night and day to make sure that we win those jobs, that those are...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 3, 2010 | Blog
If 60+ Orgs Representing 30+ million people gave a press conference in a forest and no media covers it ... will these 30+ million people still vote against politicians who vote to cut benefits? You can bet your seat in Congress they will! Last week leaders of more...
