Economy
Conservative Policy = Bad Jobs Report
The September jobs report is out and conservatives got exactly what they wanted: less government, less stimulus, less aid to states, less help for small businesses, less infrastructure investment, less help for the unemployed and ... a bad jobs report. Conservatives...
Want To Create Jobs Break Up The Banks
I attended two big economic gatherings this week, one on financial reform organized by finance blogger Mike Konczal for The Roosevelt Institute, another on the economic outlook, presented by the American Enterprise Institute. Each event was depressing in its own...
Infrastructure Jobs Repeat And Amplify
Just a short note here, to repeat and amplify what Krugman said: And right now, by any rational calculation, would be an especially good time to improve the nation’s infrastructure. We have the need: our roads, our rail lines, our water and sewer systems are...
Americas Fiscal Choices We Still Have Them (For Now)
A dear departed friend of mine, Alex, was know for saying "We all have choices." It was usually in the form of advice and/or a warning to a friend who was about to make a disastrous choice, with serious implications for his or her future. The not-so-thinly...
Conservatives Just Killed 240000 Jobs
Conservatives in Congress just fired 240,000 American workers. Conservatives in Congress just killed 240,000 jobs. Conservatives in Congress just essentially added 240,000 more Americans to the ranks of the unemployed. However you frame it, people who want to work and...
No Fluke Republicans Support Off-Shoring Jobs
Like the clear results on a pH test strip, the vote in the U.S. Senate this week on the Creating American Jobs and Ending Off-Shoring Act showed Republicans’ true color: Red. Red for China. Or Mexico. Or Indonesia. Or anywhere multi-national corporations get tax...
GOPs Pledge to Rob the Middle Class No Jobs No Health Care No Security
Congressional Republicans released their "Pledge for America" today with a press event at a Virginia hardware store, and a hardware store was definitely the right choice: If these policies ever take effect you're going to get screwed. It was slightly amusing to see...
Uncommon Common Sense About The Economy
Over 300 economists and policy analysts just released a statement warning the Congress and the Administration that bold action is needed to put people to work and get the economy going. The statement—Don't Kill Jobs and Growth in the Name of Deficit Reduction—was...
Right-Wing Obstruction Will Cost Thousands Their Jobs
Less than a week after the U.S. Census Bureau reported record levels of poverty in the United States, congressional leaders have informed members of a progressive jobs coalition that there will not be a vote before the November elections on a jobs program for...
Latest Senate Jobs Bill Tests The Limits Of Right-Wing Obstruction
Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus has introduced a bill today that is a frankly unadventurous mix of jobs initiatives and tax incentives, with a healthy dose of loophole-closings to make sure that it can be presented as revenue-neutral. (Don't accuse Baucus...
