by Terrance Heath | Mar 30, 2011 | Blog
Like I said earlier, the truth about "Tax & Spend Conservatism" is that it isn't about raising or cutting taxes, but about whose taxes are raised and whose taxes are cut. It's about, as Robert Borsage put it, who gets hit with the tab for the great...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 30, 2011 | Blog
Last week, I wrote of strange fiscal shenanigans in the reddest of the red states; like tax increases in Mississippi and increased government spending in Texas. "So," I asked, "why are Texas and Mississippi having serious budget problems? And why are...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 28, 2011 | Blog
"This is not some abstract debate. This is about real people who live real lives." Those were the words of Wade Henderson, CEO of the Leadership Council on Civil Rights, at the Strengthen Social Security press conference on Capitol Hill this afternoon. The...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 25, 2011 | Blog
I admit sometimes I look at the GOP majority in the House and wonder where these people came from. (Their districts, I know.) Defending the Defense of Marriage Act? Hearings on Muslim Americans? Emergency meetings to defund NPR? All this while unemployment is at 10.2%...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 25, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
In his remarks at the Summit on Jobs & America's Future, Van Jones summed up the GOP agenda: "They want to repeal the last century." As the GOP declares war on regulations that protect workers, the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory...
