by Dave Johnson | Aug 15, 2013 | Blog
Two new stories today that just happened to be located one after the other in my news feed illustrate the divide between what most of us are experiencing, and how the Very Serious People at the top -- the ones who can actually do something to improve things for...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 15, 2013 | Blog
Cancel the sequester and stop the cuts. The deficit is already down by more than half. The cuts are cruel and stupid. They hurt people and they hurt the economy. Sequester = 900,000 Jobs Lost I included this as a part of a post the other day, in Jobs, Jobs, Jobs....
by Richard Kirsch | Aug 15, 2013 | Blog
President Barack Obama is pledging to make the rest of his time in office about “making this country work for working Americans again.” That means one branch of government is on the case. After rejecting White House proposals to create good jobs that would rebuild our...
by Bill Scher | Aug 14, 2013 | Blog
Yesterday's Justice Department lawsuit seeking to block the proposed American Airlines-US Airways merger is just the latest action in the Obama administration's strategic turn towards aggressive antitrust law enforcement. As Quartz's Gina Chon explains: The move is...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 14, 2013 | Blog
On Monday WBAI radio’s “Building Bridges” program in New York City.examined Detroit’s financial issues. Hosts Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg interviewed Ross Eisenbrey, Vice President at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), and me. The program title, Detroit: Pensions,...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 13, 2013 | Blog
Serious People were saying that budget deficits hurt the economy. Then we increased taxes on the rich so now deficits are wayyyyy down. So Serious People are saying that taxes hurt the economy. Or is it spending on schools and infrastructure that is going to kill the...
