by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 30, 2011 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
With the centennial of our 40th President's birth fast approaching, how about a shout-out for the soak-the-rich tax rates that he so despised — and more civic-minded Hollywood stars so enthusiastically embraced. Did Ronald Reagan change history? Well, we all change...
by Josh Rosenblum | Jan 27, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
The Social Security Caucus, who could also be known as the “True Grit” Caucus began meeting today in the U.S. Senate as a new sense of urgency grew on the same day as the Tea Party Caucus met. The five Tea Party Senators expressed a willingness to privatize the...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 20, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Will the president's State of the Union address next Tuesday be another transcendent Obama moment? As we've witnessed repeatedly, from the moment he burst on the national scene at the 2004 Democratic Convention in Boston to last week in Tucson, President Obama can...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 12, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
How does America dig out of the hole we are in? Surely the focus must be on first principles: how do we recreate an economy that works for working people? With the right talking about a return to the principles of the Constitution, it is worth remembering how...
by Bill Scher | Jan 9, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Today, the new House Republican leadership will spend two hours on the House floor reading the Constitution. This will be one of many acts from the House Republicans over the next two years which will not create any jobs. But I am hopeful that those doing the reading...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 3, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Over the weekend Daily Kos ran a front-page story, America needs an industrial policy, making the point that Germany is doing well because their government understands that a national policy of promoting manufacturing drives the economy and jobs. There is a simple...
