by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 14, 2013 | Jobs and Growth
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has launched a "Stand with Detroit" campaign this month to rally support for the city, which was driven to declare bankruptcy last month. But this is not just a campaign on behalf of a single troubled...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Obama Backs Privatizing Mortgage Guarantees President Obama sides with ending Fannie Mae (AP): "President Barack Obama, seeking to buffer taxpayers from future housing market downturns, will urge Congress this week to back bipartisan efforts to shutter Fannie Mae and...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 24, 2013 | Federal Reserve Chair, Financial Reform
Sheila Bair, the former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and one of the few insider voices of sanity in the midst of the 2008 financial crisis, made the case for Federal Reserve vice chair Janet Yellen to replace Ben Bernanke as Fed chair when his...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 23, 2013 | Minimum Wage
The floor is falling out from under workers. The federal minimum wage is not enough for a full-time worker to lift a family of three out of poverty. That is not right. The minimum wage for tipped workers – a miserly $2.13 an hour – hasn’t been raised in two decades....
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 22, 2013 | This Is The GOP
House conservatives revealed a lot about themselves and their priorities when they passed a farm bill that did not include nutrition programs like SNAP – the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, known best as "food stamps" – but fast-tracked, without real...
