by Richard Eskow | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog
This morning I appeared on KPFK's Uprising program with Sonali Kolhatkar to discuss the "payroll tax holiday" debate now going in the Senate. There's a lot of confusion around this issue. For one thing, the general public always struggles to understand numbers,...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog
Yesterday Thom Hartmann and I discussed the proposal to extend and expand what Democrats have called the 'payroll tax holiday.' (Video is below.) There are no heroes in this debate, but there are certainly villains. There are several different ways this could end -...
by Bill Scher | Dec 13, 2011 | Blog
Congressional Republicans have been in disarray since the President cranked up the pressure to extend the payroll tax cut before it expires this month, with some leaders swearing that Republicans really really would like to extend it but not if it means...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 13, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
When Newt Gingrich maligned our "truly stupid" child labor laws and suggested that children 14 and under be put to work cleaning their schools, he sparked the outrage the former House speaker relishes. Less attention was paid to the other casualty of his proposition:...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 13, 2011 | Blog
Congressional Republicans know what must be done. If they do not act in good faith, millions of workers will face a significant hit in their paychecks once a temporary payroll tax reduction expires, and several million long-term unemployment people will lose their...
