by Dave Johnson | Dec 2, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy
Republicans in Congress and the corporate-funded conservative echo chamber (redundant) are temporarily pausing from scaring people with "deficit" propaganda and are instead working on an end-of-the-year backroom deal to give out several hundred billion dollars in tax...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 2, 2015 | Economy
There are a lot of not-so-fun facts in the latest Institute for Policy Studies "Billionaire Bonanza" report on the absurd, widening gap between the people in the Forbes 400 and the rest of us. For example, the top 20 wealthiest individuals in the U.S., according to...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 21, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Jobs and Growth
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by Terrance Heath | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
According to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute, creating an economy that works for everyone starts with creating an economy that works for women. There’s good news and bad news. The good news is that the gap between women’s earnings and men’s earnings...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 13, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
Postal banking serves the public, not Wall Street. We the People could have postal banking right now if enough of us speak up and demand it. SIGN THE PETITION HERE. Traditional banks have abandoned communities, leaving people stranded, unable to cash checks, pay...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 10, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth
Americans who once earned family-supporting wages working in factories, foundries and mills across this country began destroying themselves at a shocking rate five years after implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). That’s because such deals...
