by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 19, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
One of the most maddening features of the current fiscal cliff/fiscal swindle debate is that the chattering class rarely acknowledges the people who have already fallen off the cliff: 5 million Americans who have been unemployed for more than 27 weeks. The roughly 7...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 19, 2012 | Blog, Chained CPI
Progressives in Congress aren't falling for the trick that Washington is using to cut Social Security in the "fiscal cliff" negotiations. Instead they are raising their voices against the insanity of Democrats committing political suicide by: destroying their...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 19, 2012 | Blog
Does a city "save money" by outsourcing good-paying jobs to a company that pays crap wages? The people who had good-paying jobs are out of work, replaced by people in low-wage jobs, and the rest of us feel the downward pressure on our wages and benefits as the race to...
by Hugh Upton | Dec 19, 2012 | Blog, Unemployment Benefits
President Obama criticized House Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B" proposal today because it lacks an extension for unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless. If the president fails to win on this issue, two million people will face tough choices. The mortgage...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 19, 2012 | Blog
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley took to the white board to explain the talking filibuster and why we need to reform the Senate. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snprp-36dMk[/youtube] Merkley White Board: Its time to Reform the Senate with a Talking Filibuster Fix...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 18, 2012 | Blog, Chained CPI, The Sequester
News reports say the President's proposed deal includes the "chained CPI," which would impose drastic Social Security cuts and tax hikes for everybody but the wealthy. And House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says that "Democrats will stick with the President." They...
