by Roger Hickey | May 17, 2012 | Blog
The following was drafted for delivery at the Protest The Fiscal Summit demonstration outside the Peter G. Peterson Fiscal Summit in Washington on May 15. Thank you, Sen. Sanders. And welcome to all of you to Andrew Mellon Auditorium, named after one of the wealthiest...
by Roger Hickey | May 15, 2012 | Blog, Economy
On Tuesday, May 15, one of America's wealthiest men, Peter G. Peterson, will use his foundation's money to lecture the rest of us about why the federal deficit is the most serious problem facing our country. Since poll after poll demonstrates that strong majorities of...
by Roger Hickey | Apr 27, 2012 | Blog
House Republicans are trying to snooker the public with a vote today, around 12 PM ET, on a sham student loan bill. We need you to call House switchboard at 202-225-3121 NOW, ask for your representative and say "Vote No." The Republican bill is only designed to give...
by Roger Hickey | Apr 9, 2012 | Blog
This is big: Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist, will address the “Take Back the American Dream” conference in June. Krugman, author of the new book, “End This Depression Now!”, will break down what you and I have to do if we are...
by Roger Hickey | Mar 20, 2012 | Blog
On Tuesday House Republicans, led by Budget Committee chair Paul Ryan, will unveil a suicide pact in the form of a new budget that ignores the clear views of the majority of Americans – and which, if they embrace it almost unanimously, as they did last year’s similar...
