by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 8, 2013 | Economy, The Sequester
One of the consequences of the federal spending sequester now in place is that $4 billion is being cut this year from transportation and infrastructure programs, according to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee ranking member Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va.,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 1, 2013 | The Sequester
The smackdown that President Obama delivered today to people who assert that he and others are exaggerating the impact of the sequestration for dramatic effect is worth publishing in full: Q: What do you say to the people like Mayor Bloomberg -- who is no critic of...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
I have a message for Tyler Cowen, the occasional New York Times columnist and George Mason University professor who was quoted this morning in a Times story on the effects of the upcoming federal spending sequester: We're done taking our lumps. "It may be time to take...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
While progressive organizations, Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration correctly focus on the damage the federal spending cuts to be forced by the March 1 sequester will do to the overall economy and to vital government services, USAction is using...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 22, 2013 | Chained CPI
Two polls released in the past 24 hours send decidedly different messages on Social Security. The lesson: Be careful what you ask. One poll released Thursday by Bloomberg seems to show that a significant majority of the public would be willing to see Social Security...
