by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 14, 2014 | Unemployment Benefits
After all that 2 million of this nation's unemployed workers have gone through, it is hard to say anything positive about the news that Senate Democratic leaders have reached a deal with five Senate Republicans on a renewal of emergency unemployment benefits that were...
by Sarah Anderson | Mar 13, 2014 | Minimum Wage
Purveyors of Ferraris and high-end Swiss watches keep their fingers crossed toward the end of each calendar year, hoping that the big Wall Street banks will be generous with their annual cash bonuses. New figures show that the bonus bonanza of 2013 didn’t disappoint....
by Robert Borosage | Mar 13, 2014 | Better Off Budget, Economy, Progressive Vision, The 2015 Budget
Budgets are numbing – grist for geeks, not citizens. The Congressional Progressive Caucus annual budget proposal – the Better Off Budget – is no exception, detailing row after row of numeric projections. Produced in conjunction with the Economic Policy Institute,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 12, 2014 | Better Off Budget, The 2015 Budget
The Congressional Progressive Caucus releases a federal budget proposal today that, if it were fully enacted, is projected to create almost 9 million jobs over the next three years. As a statement of values as well as policy, the Caucus' proposal – called "The Better...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 11, 2014 | Conservatism, The 2015 Budget, This Is The GOP
“Shut up!” That’s what Republican darling Darrell Issa told a Democrat who tried to speak at a public hearing last week. Issa didn’t deign to actually talk to a Democrat; instead he cut the microphones so the Democrat couldn’t be heard. Rep. Issa, R-Calif., silenced...
by Joshua Holland | Mar 10, 2014 | Minimum Wage
Conservatives should be on the front line of the battle to raise the minimum wage. Work is supposed to make one independent, but with the inflation-adjusted federal minimum down by a third from its peak, low-wage workers depend on billions of dollars in public...
