by Robert Reich | Feb 14, 2013 | Blog
Part of the President’s State of the Union message and of his second term agenda apparently will focus on public investments in education, infrastructure, and basic R&D. That’s good news. But how do we fund these investments when discretionary spending is being...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 14, 2013 | Blog
Watching the various Republican responses — official and otherwise — to President Obama's State of the Union address was a bit like watching a right-wing remake of The Three Faces of Eve, the 1957 classic about a woman who suffered from "multiple...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog
Politico today features a story by Jennifer Epstein detailing 10 proposals from Obama’s previous State of the Union addresses that were mostly frustrated. The report begins with an utter distortion that is nearly universal in Washington reporting: “Perhaps...
by Digby | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog
Here it is, in living color: Previewing his speech for The Weekly Standard’s Stephen F. Hayes, Rubio said he would make the case that the national debt “has a direct impact on unemployment” and that it is hurting job growth: “The debt has a direct impact on...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today called for the creation of a National Network of Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) and is drafting legislation to accomplish this. The legislation would help establish more next generation manufacturing centers like the National Additive...
by Stan Collender | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog
Quick note about tonight's State of the Union Address: I'm not expecting too much to be said about the budget, deficit or debt. There are four reasons. First, as much as a budget person likes me hates to admit it, all three of those topics are highly contentious,...
