by Leo Gerard | Mar 11, 2011 | Blog
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and his crew of country club conservatives this week brutalized the nation’s democratic traditions to secure legislation demanded by big corporations and billionaire conservative financiers like the Koch brothers – legislation stripping...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 11, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The following was originally published in Politico ‘America is broke.” “Government’s on a spending spree.” “Real deficit reduction requires taking on entitlements.” The delusions and distortions are so widespread the truth...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 10, 2011 | Blog, Economy
VIDEO Rep. Keith Ellison discusses his plan for a "jobs and economic justice tour" in cities nationwide. The Progressive Caucus is launching a "jobs and economic justice" tour around the country, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., announced at the Summit on Jobs and...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 10, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles, talked today at the Summit On Jobs & America's Future in Washington D.C. Villaraigosa described the bipartisan America Fast Forward initiative from the National Conference of Mayors. The America Fast Forward initiative is...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 10, 2011 | Blog, Economy
• "I can’t remember when we decided to downsize our middle class. When was it we decided to downgrade our living standards? I don’t remember that!" • " 'Jobs jobs jobs,' doesn’t mean people should need 2 or 3 jobs to make ends meet." • "Our economy...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 10, 2011 | Blog
"It's the economy, moron!" That was pollster Celinda Lake's succinct take, at the Summit on Jobs & America's Future, this morning. Lake was there in 1992 when James Carville summed up the Clinton campaign's winning message in 1992, "It's the economy, stupid." In 1992,...
