by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 13, 2013 | Budget Talks, Economy, Unemployment Benefits
On Thursday, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi reportedly told her fellow Democrats to embrace the suck" and vote for a federal budget deal that, in the name of bipartisan compromise, compromised away financial support for more than a million of the long-term...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 12, 2013 | Budget Talks, Unemployment Benefits
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today said that continuing extended unemployment benefits to the long-term unemployed will be the first order of business in the Senate when it returns after Congress' Christmas vacation. Good, but not good enough for the 1.3 million...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
There is more evidence today that in the real world, lower corporate taxes don't lead to higher job creation. In fact, most of the "job creators" in today's economy are paying some of the highest corporate taxes, while the companies that are paying little or nothing...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 22, 2013 | Economy
It seems so basic. Our number one priority should be doing everything we can to ensure that every American who wants a job can get one – in other words, full employment. Yet the very phrase "full employment" is treated as something that would be uttered only by...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Looking for an oasis of bipartisan comity? A top-shelf group of public officials, corporate leaders and lobbyists will be attending a "transportation infrastructure summit" today. Though coming from different parties and representing different interests, they will...
