by Dave Johnson | Jul 14, 2010 | Blog, Minimum Wage
"Everyone knows Americans are lazy, shiftless, always looking for a way to shirk their responsibilities. People don't want to work so we have to make them work. And good dose of humiliation is good for the soul. If you let them have any dignity they might get uppity."...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 13, 2010 | Blog
Less than two months ago, economist Nouriel Roubini, the "Dr. Doom" who foresaw the 2008 economic implosion, told our own Zach Carter in an interview for Alternet that the United States needed to focus on lowering its federal deficit, and "drugging the...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 13, 2010 | Blog
From the Citizens Trade Campaign Earlier this year, 130 members of Congress sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner urging him to designate China as a currency manipulator. This week, the Treasury Department once again refused. Today, July 13th, call your...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 13, 2010 | Blog
In a nation wracked with unemployment and recession, Wall Street firms are still paying billions of dollars in bonuses - and they're hiring, too. The Federal Reserve recently affirmed its right to regulate executive pay, but has yet to take action on it. It should....
by Dave Johnson | Jul 13, 2010 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
Cut spending? Wait - where did that terrible idea come from? Government is We, the People and its job is to protect and empower us. Why in the world would we want to cut back on that? WSJ today, The Bush Tax Cuts and the Deficit Myth, "Runaway government spending, not...
by Alan Jenkins | Jul 13, 2010 | Blog
The Washington Post reported this week that a coalition of over 150 social justice and public interest groups has come together to call for job creation and investment in opportunity, including for the country's hardest hit communities. They'll launch their call in a...
