by Roger Hickey | Sep 13, 2013 | Economy
Robert Reich, former labor secretary and friend of Campaign for America's Future, is the star of a new film, "Inequality for All." It is an important and very entertaining film. It won the Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking at Sundance. And it is opening...
by Roger Hickey | Jul 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
For four long years after the recession officially ended, conservative austerity policies have sabotaged America's economic recovery, condemning millions of Americans to unemployment and poverty. And in Europe, the same policy regime of spending cuts aimed at deficit...
by Roger Hickey | May 27, 2013 | Making it in America
In testimony last week Apple CEO Timothy Cook proudly described the ingenious ways in which Apple tax attorneys have gamed the U.S. tax system to make sure their company pays a whole lot less in taxes to the U.S.A. – their supposed "home country" – than U.S. users of...
by Roger Hickey | Apr 5, 2013 | Chained CPI
President Obama’s decision to include cuts to Social Security benefits in his budget is wrong policy and dumb politics. His chained CPI plan is wrong because it hurts Americans who have worked hard their entire lives and who need the support that Social Security gives...
by Roger Hickey | Mar 17, 2013 | Back to Work Budget, Minimum Wage
Every American who cares about jobs and a healthy U.S. economy should pick up the phone right now, call your Congressperson’s office, and tell whoever answers, “I want my representative to vote this week for the Back to Work Budget introduced by the Congressional...
