by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog
Conservatives are masters at manipulating public expectations for their ends, and they are doing it to particularly disastrous effect when it comes to what we should expect on jobs. The result is that we are being persuaded to accept the unacceptable. That is the tide...
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...
by | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Making it in America
That’s the word I’d use to describe the recent leadership of both Political Parties on American jobs, and especially factory jobs. The only development on Monday more depressing than President Obama’s trip to an outsourcing manufacturer in North Carolina was the...
by Bill Scher | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog
Yesterday, I proposed CNN ask the Republican presidential candidates, "Why didn't the Bush tax cuts create jobs?" CNN's debate moderator John King asked that precise question to Tim Pawlenty in last night's debate. Pawlenty had no answer. JOHN KING: Where's the proof...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog
Yesterday on MSNBC in a segment titled "Is Obama Too Focused On Wall Street," Robert Borosage responded to questions about the President's pursuit of campaign contributions from Wall Street, and if it necessarily has to impact our economic policy. Visit msnbc.com for...
by Bill Scher | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Tonight is the first Republican presidential debate with all the top contenders planning to attend. And there is only one question I want to see asked: Why didn't the Bush tax cuts create any jobs? Every candidate on tonight's debate stage not only continues to...
