by Roger Hickey | Mar 29, 2011 | Blog
Ezra Klein has a prominently displayed piece in the Washington Post this morning, entitled The Pro-Social Security case for Social Security reform. He takes to task liberals most committed to Social Security for being unwilling to “reform” Social Security out of fear...
by Roger Hickey | Mar 9, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Yesterday, Campaign For America's Future Co-Director Roger Hickey appeared on MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan Show to preview tomorrow's "Summit for Jobs & America's Future," and stress the importance of...
by Roger Hickey | Jan 13, 2011 | Blog
[Note: The following column was rejected by The Washington Post after two of its regular columnists had done similar op-eds calling for President Obama to cut Social Security and Medicare. There was a time when op-ed pages were used by newspapers (at least those...
by Roger Hickey | Jan 10, 2011 | Blog
The terrible shootings in Arizona should make us all get beyond the sound-bite wars. Will the media let us? As soon as the story leaked that President Obama was about to appoint former aides to President Clinton, Bill Daley and Gene Sperling, to key positions (Chief...
by Roger Hickey | Dec 17, 2010 | Blog
Republican hostage-takers got President Obama to go along with their tax cuts for the wealthy by threatening to raise taxes on the middle class and blocking even modest stimulus funds for our struggling economy. Now the Republicans have identified their next hostage:...
