by Richard Eskow | Jun 30, 2011 | Blog, Chained CPI
Do you hear a noise like power saws cutting away at your Social Security benefits? That's the sound of the politicians working on the "Chain Gang." They're promoting the "chained CPI," Washington's latest gimmick for tricking voters and cutting their hard-earned...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 28, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
In the debt-ceiling debate Republicans are holding the country hostage again, demanding that the country shift to a radical pro-big-corporate/big-wealth agenda as the ransom. At the same time the Tea Partiers say don't raise the debt limit, period, and let the country...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 27, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
This is my presentation from last week's Netroots Nation panel session: Revitalizing Manufacturing: The Road to Renewed Job Growth. Click through for panel details and other panelists, here for a pdf of slides, including Jared Bernstein's. See below for video -- and...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 22, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
There is no "Texas miracle" for workers and job-seekers. There is a Texas mirage, painted vividly by conservatives and being sold as the real deal by arch-conservative Texas governor Rick Perry, who may in a few days declare his intent to run for the Republican...
by | Jun 21, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
With unemployment at a near historic high in the United States, could you imagine any American company bringing in foreign workers to work for them below the minimum wage and with no benefits? Most people would say no. But can you imagine those same Americans forcing...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
"It's an employer's world," said Rebecca Penny, a 55-year-old widow who was laid off over a year ago from her job at a Chevrolet plant in Tennessee. "I lost my benefits the night I was laid off. Now I can't afford medicine. And I can only find minimum...
