by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 1, 2011 | Blog
He said what? House Majority Leader Eric Cantor appears to have called for the eventual elimination of Social Security because it stands in the way of what "we" want America to be. Here's the quote, from NPR's "Morning Edition" today: I mean, just from the very notion...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 23, 2011 | Blog, Economy
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Monday unveiled what his office called a “pro-growth economic plan” in a speech at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. If the speech only exemplified one of the basic definitions of "cant"—"insincere or almost meaningless...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 18, 2011 | Blog, Economy
This headline in The Washington Post earlier this week—House Republicans try to steer focus back to jobs—(after guess who took the focus off of jobs) highlights how silly the silly season has gotten for the right in Washington, but it also is a sign that even the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 10, 2011 | Blog, Economy
VIDEO Rep. Keith Ellison discusses his plan for a "jobs and economic justice tour" in cities nationwide. The Progressive Caucus is launching a "jobs and economic justice" tour around the country, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., announced at the Summit on Jobs and...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 9, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » The general reaction to last week's jobs report was positive toward the 222,000 private sector jobs that were created and dismissive of the fact...
