by Bill Scher | Nov 24, 2008 | Blog
Today, the Washington Post casually warns that "the annual federal budget deficit already is spiraling toward $1 trillion -- about 7 percent of the gross domestic product -- a level not seen since the end of World War II," to raise concern about the size of any...
by Sara Robinson | Nov 21, 2008 | Blog
There's an e-mail making the rounds this week: STORE CLOSINGS AND LAYOFFS: By the end of Dec. 2008 as announced Circuit City Filed Bankruptcy, they promised to keep all stores open for the holiday season, but afterwards, they plan on closing 155 stores nationwide. Ann...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 21, 2008 | Blog
Reading the headlines over the past week, I'm beginning to wonder if there's a single agency in the United States government that conservatives haven't left in worse shape than they found it. I've been reading about demoralized government employees, under-resourced...
by Bill Scher | Nov 21, 2008 | Blog
Front page of the Daily Hampshire Gazette here in Northampton, MA offers some stark news. Unemployment lines have more than doubled since last year in the Western MA counties of Hampshire and Franklin, and the state unemployment offices don't have the staff yet to...
by Bill Scher | Nov 20, 2008 | Blog
Last week, the progressive mandate was felt in the Senate, as right-leaning Democratic Senator Max Baucus proposed
by Robert Borosage | Nov 19, 2008 | Blog
Free fall. The U.S. has lost private sector jobs for 10 straight months. One quarter of all businesses in the U.S. plan to cut payroll over the next year. Retail sales fell in October by the largest monthly drop on record. Auto sales have collapsed, driving the auto...
