by Terrance Heath | Mar 8, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis. Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » This Thursday, CAF will host The Summit on Jobs & America's Future. We'll talk about how to create the jobs America needs for a real...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy
To prepare you for the following stories, here is some context. You might remember that just a few weeks ago Washington passed an extension of the huge tax cuts for the rich and as an added bonus cut the tax on inherited income way, way down. This added approx. $400...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The Huffington Post's senior Washington correspondent Dan Froomkin today solves a mystery. Last year he launched a series, "America Needs Jobs," and promised 20 ideas that should be on the policy table for discussion. The ideas made for compelling reading, even though...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » At a time when the nation faces a lost decade of chronically high unemployment, you would think any serious proposal for putting people back to...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
See if this sounds familiar. Get elected by promising jobs. But once in office push through tax cuts for the wealthy and their corporate masks, and cut jobs. Then use the resulting budget deficits and jobs crisis to whip up pubic panic. Finally, use that panic to push...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » This morning's jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is somewhat encouraging news for job seekers, but it does not change what we've...
