by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 1, 2010 | Blog
For a short period on NYTimes.com today, there was a compelling juxtaposition of stories: In one column, President Obama proposes a budget that "pivots to trim future deficits." Next to that story is a photo of firefighters in New York City fighting a blaze in which...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 1, 2010 | Blog
In last week’s State of the Union speech President Obama talked about jobs. It was a great speech. It was SO satisfying to see him scold the Supreme Court for enabling monopoly corporatocracy to replace democracy, scold the Repubicans for obstructing every single...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 1, 2010 | Blog, Economy
If you hope hard enough, and look hard enough, the jobs will appear. At least, that's the thrust of Mark Lange's recent column in The Christian Science Monitor When we imagine that government - and even companies - "create" jobs, we're missing half the story: the...
by Bill Scher | Feb 1, 2010 | Blog
As the details of the President's budget proposal were surfaced, the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on CNN, "Nobody thinks raising taxes in the middle of a recession is a good idea ... I think the problem is we spend too much." Put aside for a moment that...
by Trevor Davis | Feb 1, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Tax Reform
President Obama rolls out his budget today, triggering the next salvos in the debate about America’s future. The president’s budget calls for ending the destructive caps on federal spending known as the “sequester.” It would make vital investments in infrastructure,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 1, 2010 | Blog
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is spending millions of dollars in an over-the-top campaign to turn small business owners against strong financial reforms in general and the creation of a consumer financial protection agency in particular, But one poll indicates that the...
