by Brian Dockstader | Jul 25, 2012 | Blog, Climate
If you've watched any cable news show in the last year, chances are you've probably seen one or a thousand ads from the fossil fuel industry attacking regulations and/or trying to paint their products as necessary for prosperity. If nothing else, the sheer volume of...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 24, 2012 | Blog
Last week Republicans filibustered the Bring Jobs Home Act, when polls show dramatic support for ending tax breaks for shipping jobs overseas. Last week Republicans filibustered the DISCLOSE Act which would at least let us know who is pumping hundreds of millions into...
by | Jul 24, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Today is a day of action to raise the minimum wage. Legislation is being introduced in Congress to increase the federal minimum wage to $9.80 an hour and index it to inflation so that people at the bottom of the wage ladder don’t keep falling behind. Join the day of...
by | Jul 24, 2012 | Blog, The Sequester
Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games. Ask the question in the headline above to a politician, and he or she is very likely to respond with something about how the pressure of the intentional and inadvertent spending cuts and tax increases that are scheduled to...
by Bill Scher | Jul 24, 2012 | Blog
On CNBC yesterday, Mitt Romney said: What the president should do is say look, we're going to extend for at least a year the--well, I'd like to see it permanent, but at least a year--the current tax environment. This sequestration related to defense spending, in...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 24, 2012 | Blog
John McCain and Mitt Romney share a secret. It’s 23 years of Mitt’s tax returns. Mitt gave them to McCain in 2008 when McCain, then the GOP presidential nominee, was vetting VP candidates. This time around, Mitt has won the GOP nomination, but now he’s hiding those 23...
