by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 1, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Members of the Citizens' Commission on Jobs, Deficits and America's Economic Future formally released their report earlier today with a declaration that the commission created by the White House to come up with a deficit-reduction plan is poised to make the economy...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 19, 2010 | Blog
Most of the media this week ignored two significant mass defections from the Chamber of Commerce line that the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans must be extended indefinitely, even though doing so will worsen the federal deficit and won't help...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 18, 2010 | Blog
When the House of Representatives held its unsuccessful vote earlier today on a measure to continue emergency unemployment benefits that are set to expire at the end of the month, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Sander M. Levin, D-Mich, told Congressional...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 18, 2010 | Blog
The next time a conservative politician goes to the microphone and says something to the effect that "the American people have spoken, and they've made it clear that they want us to rein in out-of-control entitlement spending and keep programs such as Social Security...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 17, 2010 | Blog
A petition signed by more than 100,000 supporters of extending emergency unemployment benefits was sent to members of Congress earlier today, but this example of overwhelming public support has had no effect on Senate conservatives, who so far haven’t shown...
