by Dave Johnson | Nov 11, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
Businesses do not create jobs. In fact, the way our economy is structured the incentive is for businesses to get rid of as many jobs as they can. Demand Creates Jobs A job is created when demand for goods or services is greater than the existing ability to provide...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 9, 2010 | Blog, Economy
If, in the future, Republicans ever again ask "Where are the jobs?" it will be because they've forgotten where they buried the ones they killed. For now, though, it's clear they remember all too well. Like a serial killer returning to a favorite dump site to reminisce...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 5, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Today's jobs report showed that the economy added 151,000 jobs in October, the biggest rise since May. The 159,000 increase in private sector employment was the second-largest monthly rise of the "recovery." The official unemployment rate stayed at 9.6 percent. NY...
by Zach Carter | Nov 3, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Economic policy has faced grave challenges over the past two years, hamstrung by obstructionist Republicans in the U.S. Senate and Wall Street-friendly advisers in the Obama administration. With the Republican Party now in control of the House, it seems certain that...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 3, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The election is over and it was about one thing: jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. Democrats didn't deliver enough jobs so they got tossed. That pretty much sums it up. So now the Republicans have to deliver jobs. Republicans in the campaign said the stimulus didn't work...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 2, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The bloggers were right, it was about the jobs, jobs, jobs. For the first half of the year all the progressive bloggers were saying that the November election is going to turn out very, very badly for Democrats if they don't focus on jobs. We said please, please drop...
