by Roger Hickey | Jun 30, 2010 | Blog
I support smart economic policies to reduce the structural deficit over time. However, I want to share three major concerns. 1. We are in danger of killing or weakening needed growth in the name of reducing deficits. My organization is a member of the Jobs for America...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 30, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
China is cheating again. Yawn... China is subsidizing its paper industry ($33 billion 2002-09) and has tripled their production, and now is the largest producer of paper and paper products. Yawn. This has cost jobs and approximately 400,000 remaining American jobs are...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 30, 2010 | Blog
The President was right to call out John Boehner today for describing our economic catastrophe as "ant" that didn't deserve a "nuclear" response. That "ant," as the President pointed out, "led to the loss of nearly eight million jobs" and "cost people their homes and...
by Bill Scher | Jun 30, 2010 | Blog
Yesterday House leaders formally proposed spending $10 billion to help recession-bruised, fiscally distressed states prevent layoffs of hundreds of thousands of teachers The proposal saves teaching jobs without increasing the budget deficit by cutting other stimulus...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 29, 2010 | Blog, Economy
It appears that the Senate, which shamed itself last week by refusing to take action on a jobs and tax fairness bill, will have an opportunity to redeem itself somewhat with a vote on extended unemployment benefits. The House attempted to pass by voice vote this...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 29, 2010 | Blog
Peace activists and progressives are the only people that I've heard connect war spending in Afghanistan and Pakistan with our financial security at home - until now, that is. Yesterday House Minority Leader made the connection explicit, telling reporters and editors...
