by Robert Borosage | Jul 14, 2010 | Blog
Voters are in a surly temper. The economy stinks. Jobs are scarce. Wages are under pressure. One in 4 homes with mortgages is underwater. Retirement savings have been butchered; pensions are at risk. Bailed out bankers are paying themselves record bonuses; the oil...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 9, 2010 | Blog
The Washington Post's Neil Irwin today offers a good summary of foreboding reality: in the halting economic recovery, the global ec
by Robert Borosage | Jul 7, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
President Obama touted his National Export Initiative this week, boasting that in the first quarter of this year, exports were up 17% from a year ago. Increased exports abroad generate jobs at home. Given the failure of the Senate to pass badly needed jobs bills, the...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 30, 2010 | Blog
Obama went to town meeting in Racine. Full transcript here: http://www.wrex.com/Global/story.asp?S=12735210 He finally did contrast with conservative ideas that failed. On economy, on jobs, on Wall Street, on energy. Gloves not off, but at least mixing it up....
by Robert Borosage | Jun 29, 2010 | Blog
Republican House leader John Boehner laid out the Republcan world view in an interview with a friendly reporter at the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Boehner defended the big banks from reform, arguing that the finanical reform bill was like "killing an ant with a nuclear...
