by Anne Thompson | Sep 15, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Significant job growth continues to elude the American workforce, as companies hold back from expanding and rehiring in the face of weak demand for their goods and services. In a Wall Street Journal article last month, “Dearth of Demand Seen Behind Weak Hiring,” CEOs...
by Mary Bottari | Sep 15, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Janesville, WI -- As President Obama gets ready for his big jobs speech Thursday, America's nurses have a message for him. "Heal America, Tax Wall Street!" the signs read as nurses rallied in front of 61 Congressional offices recently. The nurses are proposing a bold...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 15, 2011 | Blog
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., today introduced a bill that, if passed by Congress and signed by the president, would insure Social Security's solvency for the next 75 years—without having to cut a single person's benefit. Sanders' solution is simple: gradually eliminate...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 15, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Last week, in Jobs: It's BOLD PLAN Time, I listed three badly-needed plans for creating jobs: * A 5-year plan to revive American manufacturing. This is how our country and our people can make a living again. * A 5-year plan to bring America's infrastructure into the...
by Eric Lotke | Sep 15, 2011 | Blog
On Labor Day, President Obama rediscovered his roots. He traveled to the LaborFest rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and proposed $50 billion in infrastructure spending to “create jobs” and “make our economy hum over the long haul.” Everything was on target — from the...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 14, 2011 | Blog, Economy
On Monday, I wrote about the recession from the point of view of a parent concerned about what the state of the economy — and Washington's inaction in the midst of an economic crisis — implies for my children's future, and all our children's futures. Given what I've...
