by Terrance Heath | Jul 19, 2011 | Blog
If your family was facing economic hardship, what steps would you take to deal with it? Would you look for ways to reduce spending, increase your income, pay your bills, and cover basic necessities as well as invest for the future? Or would you reduce your spending,...
by Anne Thompson | Jul 19, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
The Austin American-Statesman ran an op-ed Saturday under the head-spinning headline ”Low Texas Wages are Mostly Good News.” No joke. American-Statesman staff writers Lori Taylor and Heather Gregory noted that Texas had the highest percentage of low-wage workers in...
by Bill Scher | Jul 19, 2011 | Blog
Conservatives and corporate leaders routinely blame President Obama's policies and proposals on progressive taxation and new regulations for the current weak state of the economy. Such claims were reheated yesterday with a fresh blast of hot air from Wynn Resorts CEO...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 18, 2011 | Blog
Forty-one members of Congress today are calling on the White House to take a simple step toward respecting the views of the American Majority: Include the budget proposal that reflects the American Majority's priorities in the deficit discussions the White House is...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 18, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The debt limit has been reached. The President should be demanding a "clean" debt ceiling bill instead of letting hostage-takers force negotiations over their ransom. For deficit reduction The People's Budget is the right approach. It's the budget that polls show the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 18, 2011 | Blog
House Republicans on Tuesday are expected to vote for a bill that will make unmistakably plain their intentions for our government and the work government can and should do for its citizens. They call the bill the "Cut, Cap and Balance Act," but what it does...
