by Bill Scher | Aug 3, 2012 | Blog, Economy
This is 100% true. Mitt Romney does know how jobs come and go. You can outsource them. You can crush them with a big box chain. You can shut down factories … and still make a profit for yourself.
by Dave Johnson | Aug 3, 2012 | Blog
The following email appears to be circulating widely: THIS IS A GREAT IDEA…LET'S DO IT!! AUGUST 1st to Sept. 1st Well over 50 yrs ago I knew a lady who would not buy Christmas gifts if they were made in China. Her daughter will recognize her in the following....
by Richard Eskow | Aug 3, 2012 | Blog
A well funded network of right-wing extremists wants to make it socially and politically impossible to express the ideals that made this country great. One of those extremists appeared on their billionaire-funded network this week to attack Elizabeth Warren, and...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 3, 2012 | Blog
Austerity bites. According to the BLS, 163,000 new jobs were produced in July, up from the last month but still barely at the level needed to keep up with new workers coming into the jobs market. Government employment was down by 9,000 jobs, at a time when the...
by Bill Scher | Aug 2, 2012 | Blog
It is often stated as fact that Democrats always want to raise taxes and Republicans always want to lower taxes. We now know this to be false. Nearly every Republican in the Senate, nearly every Republican in the House and the Republican nominee for President Mitt...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 2, 2012 | Blog
Republican tax plans raise taxes on the middle class to pay for tax cuts on the rich. They just voted against tax cuts for people making under $250,000, and for tax cuts for people making more than that. Last month they filibustered the bill ending tax breaks for...
