by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 1, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
This is the final week that the Labor Department is accepting comments on a proposed rule that would make some 5 million additional workers eligible for overtime pay for working more than 40 hours a week. A last-ditch effort to give businesses more time to campaign to...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 27, 2015 | Economy, Jobs and Growth
A few weeks ago, liberal critics jumped on Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush's suggestion that he could get the nation's economy to grow at a 4 percent annual rate. They not only criticized the policies he proposed to get there; they criticized the goal...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 26, 2015 | Tax Reform
It doesn't get much more hypocritical and cynically exploitative than this: A corporation gets itself certified by a third party as socially progressive, convincing people that buying its goods is an act of doing good, only to turn around and structure itself so that...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Responding to Monday's Stock Market Drop David Cay Johnston argues "better government" is the antidote to stock market jitters. "Monday’s sudden stock market drops from Beijing to New York simply reflect the leverage of high-speed traders, many buying shares with $30...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 13, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
The case for ending the federal budget spending caps known as the "sequester" has just gotten a whole lot stronger. It's all about jobs. At the request of Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is currently running as a Democratic presidential candidate, the Congressional Budget...
