by Robert Borosage | Apr 9, 2015 | Blog, Tax Reform
Next week as Congress returns, House Republicans will address what they consider one of the nation’s most pressing problems: relieving the tax burden on the wealthiest 0.2 percent – two of 1,000, the multimillionaires – by eliminating the estate tax. Its repeal will...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 6, 2015 | Blog, Populism2015, Progressive Vision
A populist energy is building in America, and beginning to drive the debate in the Democratic Party. It’s escalating both in the battle of ideas and in action on the ground. It’s starting to propel change at the state and local level, and challenge the limits of the...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 3, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report underwhelmed – a gain of 126,000 jobs, the weakest since December 2013 – with unemployment staying at 5.5 percent. Estimates for January and February were lowered, subtracting 69,000 jobs. Pundits blame it on the...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 31, 2015 | Blog, Democracy, Populist Majority
For presidential wannabes, the money primary has already begun, as aspirants troop from one gathering of the wealthy to another. Jeb – “my own man” – Bush hasn’t announced formally yet, but is expected to do well on the Republican side, tapping his family's deep well...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The editors of The Boston Globe called on Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for president this weekend, joining over 300,000 “Run Warren Run” activists who have already built the largest field operation of any candidate in Iowa. The Globe argues that it would...
