by Richard Eskow | Jul 22, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Economic issues make some people's eyes glaze over, so we'll put this plainly: Today's minimum wage is epic in its injustice and Dickensian in its cruelty. It's a shame that Dickens himself isn't here to write about it. Oh, and we almost forgot: Keeping it this low...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 20, 2012 | Blog
Our economy doesn't function well without strong government oversight, regulation and demand-creating "stimulus." We also need strong government to empower and protect us from those (foreign and domestic) who would keep us down and under their control. But the ones...
by Bill Scher | Jul 20, 2012 | Blog
Conservatives are taking a big risk throwing a hissy fit over the new HHS state waiver initiative to experiment with welfare-to-work methods. Charging President Obama with scheming to "gut" welfare reform's mission of moving aid recipients into the workforce is the...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 20, 2012 | Blog, Economy
On Thursday, Senate Republicans FILIBUSTERED to block a bill ending the tax breaks companies get when they send our jobs out of the country -- and giving a few breaks to companies that hire here. The question now: will this get reported to the public? Will they be...
