by Sam Pizzigati | Jul 26, 2009 | Blog
Opponents of the proposal for a 5.4 percent health care reform surtax on America’s wealthy seem to be getting a bit desperate. They've even turned their fire onto middle-income Americans. Friends and fans of privilege have been striking their indignant pose the...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 24, 2009 | Blog, Minimum Wage
This week the minimum wage rose by 70 cents to $7.25 an hour, a beggar’s lot really, but still corporations across America decried it. Good times or bad, somehow Wall Streeters walk away with $700,000 bonuses, you know, on top of their salaries, but a 70-cent minimum...
by Sara Robinson | Jul 24, 2009 | Blog
One of the big differences between the 1993 Hillarycare debate and our current conversation is that we're hearing a lot more fact and lot less fiction about how other countries' systems actually work. Thank the Internet. Back in 1993, the "Harry and Louise" ads...
by Tula Connell | Jul 24, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
The Chamber of Commerce--that's the U.S. Chamber of Commerce--proved once again how anti-American it is when it comes to supporting U.S. industry. In Findlay, Ohio, unions had been organizing a parade and all-day event for this Saturday to highlight American-made...
by Bill Scher | Jul 23, 2009 | Blog
The Weekly World News reports this week: "The official copy of Barack Obama’s birth certificate was stolen this week by Republicans wishing to halt his health care reform ... A growing movement among conservatives known as 'Birthers' believes Barack Obama was actually...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 23, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
Increasingly people are asking about our country’s plan for restoring and reinventing the economy. And that means thinking about manufacturing – the root of economic power. How will we revive American manufacturing and being back the good-paying jobs manufacturing...
