by Dave Johnson | Sep 4, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Last week Republicans branded themselves as the party of cuts. This week the Democrats have an opportunity to be the party of jobs and growth again. Last week Republicans again and again called for for austerity: government budget cuts that kill jobs and growth. Look...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 29, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Come the revolution, rich, white, male conservatives will be the only people left who can "play the race card" and get away with it. Actually, that revolution is already here. And, with apologies to Gil Scott-Heron, it is being televised — in the form of Mitt Romney's...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 28, 2012 | Blog, Economy
What does the (draft) Republican Platform say about creating jobs? The meat of the plan is to do the infrastructure projects they have been blocking! The Record Let's look at the jobs proposals in the (draft) Republican platform. But first for context: In the last...
by | Aug 27, 2012 | Blog, Economy, The Sequester
The author is the Director of Public Policy for POGO (Project On Government Oversight) The big Pentagon contractors have been trying to scare lawmakers, the public, and the troops with dramatic claims that there will be massive job losses. For nearly a year, these...
by Roger Hickey | Aug 23, 2012 | Blog, Economy
The following is a short version of the visionary report "Prosperity Economics" by Jacob S. Hacker and Nate Loewentheil, endorsed by Campaign for America's Future, AFL-CIO, Center for Community Change, Economic Policy Institute, Leadership Conference on Civil and...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 22, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Next week the Republicans hold their convention. They will supposedly focus their message on the economy. But after four years of an agenda to block jobs and economic growth so they can campaign on complaints of no jobs and no growth, can they offer anything that...
