by Robert Borosage | Apr 4, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The March jobs report – 192,000 jobs with the unemployment rate remaining at 6.7 percent – is simply more of the same: an economy growing too slowly to make a major dent in continued mass unemployment. This is the 49th straight month of private jobs creation, as the...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 2, 2014 | Blog
Rep. Paul Ryan’s fiscal 2015 budget will not become law. (Thank you, senators). It is a statement of values that is embraced this year, as it has been in the past, by virtually the entire Republican congressional caucus (the exceptions are a handful of dissenters who...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 31, 2014 | Blog
“Populist pitch fizzles,” reads the breathless headline of The Hill, a publication catering to beltway insiders. Obama’s popularity is sinking; two-thirds of voters think the country is on the wrong track; and the Democratic majority in the Senate looks increasingly...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 19, 2014 | Conservatism
“The rich strike back” reads the headline in Politico, reporting that “the denizens of Wall Street and wealthy precincts around the nation” aren’t going to put up with populist politicians making “class-based appeals.” And that politicians in both parties are...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 13, 2014 | Better Off Budget, Economy, Progressive Vision, The 2015 Budget
Budgets are numbing – grist for geeks, not citizens. The Congressional Progressive Caucus annual budget proposal – the Better Off Budget – is no exception, detailing row after row of numeric projections. Produced in conjunction with the Economic Policy Institute,...
