by Robert Borosage | Mar 2, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » March Madness has descended on Washington – and I’m not talking college basketball. With 25 million people in need of full-time work, in...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 2, 2011 | Blog, Economy
"The American people's priorities are clear," said Boehner spokesman Michael Steel. "They want to keep the government open, and they want to cut spending." Uh. no. Americans have said agan and again their chief priority is JOBS and the the economy. It is bizarre. For...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 26, 2011 | Blog
Are we headed towards banks too big to save? Check out Simon Johnson on "Geithner's Gamble" (below, emphasis added.) Big banks seem like Mr. Magoo of the old cartoons, blindly careening from one crack up to another, leaving ruin in their wake. Now they are headed back...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 23, 2011 | Blog
VIDEO: Why Others Should Join The Wisconsin Protests Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage joins FireDogLake editor Jane Hamsher and Wisconsin AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Stephanie Bloomingdale on Cenk Uygur's show on MSNBC February 22. "It's now...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 22, 2011 | Blog
Governor Scott Walker, the self-described “Tea Party Governor” of Wisconsin, likes to present himself as a faux populist, standing against powerful public employee unions for the little guy. In fact, he’s part of a conservative assault on workers, designed to...
