by Richard Eskow | Mar 10, 2014 | The 2015 Budget
Republican House Speaker John Boehner calls President Obama’s new budget “irresponsible.” A New York Times headline calls it a “populist wish list.” But it’s neither of those things. The White House’s fiscal proposal is a cautious foray out of the president’s...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 6, 2014 | Minimum Wage
The opponents of an increase in the minimum wage say they speak for small business. Here's more proof that they don't. It comes from the organization Small Business Majority, in the form of a poll of 500 randomly selected small-business owners. Among those polled, 57...
by Bill Scher | Mar 5, 2014 | Minimum Wage
If you thought that the hotly contested Congressional Budget Office report, suggesting that a higher minimum wage would reduce the number of jobs, would squelch any chance of raising it, think again. President Obama ratcheted up the pressure today, speaking out in...
by Emily Schwartz Greco | Mar 5, 2014 | The 2015 Budget
With Bob Lord Have you heard? Our economic policy debate is getting some spring cleaning. President Barack Obama has signaled that he’s had it with all that talk about America being broke and the belt-tightening austerity measures that went along with that chatter....
by Dave Johnson | Mar 5, 2014 | Economy, The 2015 Budget
The President's 2015 budget proposal "pivots" away from the 2010 "pivot" to austerity, pushes modestly for jobs and prioritizes infrastructure repair. Republicans will obstruct this – just like they have obstructed every jobs plan since the stimulus. But the public...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 5, 2014 | The 2015 Budget
President Obama’s 2015 Budget sets up many of the right fights with the right opponents. Republicans who dismiss it out of hand – “most irresponsible budget yet” fumed House Speaker John Boehner – are exposed for what they are: defenders of privilege and entrenched...
