by Dave Johnson | Apr 22, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth
Conservatives are supposedly all about markets. Markets should decide, not voters. But when it comes to the law of supply and demand for government debt, they go blind. Greg Ip in the Wall Street Journal poses this surprising question: "Is Government Debt Too Low?"...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 22, 2015 | Blog, Retirement Security
The 2016 election season is just beginning, but a surprise issue is already emerging among both Republican and Democratic candidates: Social Security. Some observers thought that conservative candidates would be inclined to avoid the so-called "third rail" of American...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 22, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
U.S. Senate contract janitors and food service workers will walk off their jobs Wednesday to protest poverty pay, along with hundreds of striking workers from the U.S. Capitol, Pentagon, Smithsonian Institution and other federal landmarks. They will be joined by the...
by Harvey J Kaye | Apr 22, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Knowing that "necessitous men are not free men," President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched a New Deal in 1933 that rallied Americans to not only fight the Great Depression, but also to combat poverty, reduce inequality, and enhance American democratic life. Together,...
by Robert Reich | Apr 21, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
These days it’s not unusual for someone on the way to work to receive a text message from her employer saying she’s not needed right then. Although she’s already found someone to pick up her kid from school and arranged for childcare, the work is no longer available...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 21, 2015 | Blog, Education
Politicians from across the political spectrum have made public schools and schoolteachers the favored whipping post of the day. In blue state New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vowed to “bust up” public education “monopolies” and has bullied through new laws that...
