Economy
Economists Say Jobs First; Reject The Grand Swindle
The fight to head off a so-called "grand bargain" that would end up being a grand swindle of economic recovery and opportunity for working-class Americans gets kicked up another notch today when a group of 350 prominent economists and experts release a statement...
The Deficit Is Not A Crisis, "Jobs Is A Crisis, Wage Stagnation Is A Crisis"
Media Matters Radio posted a clip of the interview I did with them the other day, using the above quote as a header. Since that was the point I was making, I'll use it too. The clip is here and runs about three and a half minutes.
Jobs and Growth, Not Austerity
In addressing the deficit today, President Obama opened his remarks with the crucial truth: “at a time when our economy’s still recovering from the great recession, our top priority has to be jobs and growth. That’s the focus of the plan that I talked about during the...
The Real Mandate: Voters Want Jobs, Not Austerity
Washington is headed immediately into the fiscal showdown, with fierce pressure to use the arbitrary year-end deadline for the termination of various tax cuts and the automatic cut or sequester of some 9 percent of discretionary spending to force a grand bargain.
If Mitt Romney Told The Truth About Jobs
Having entered the "closing argument" phase of the campaign, President Obama has pivoted to jobs. But as Bill Scher noted, the president's newly published jobs plan is cribbed from from policies that he's already proposed. President Obama has always enjoyed the...
Job Fear From Trade Deficit Is What Happened To Jobs And The Middle Class
The middle class is disappearing. Our economy is "hollowing out" because the money goes to the top and the people fall to the bottom. This is because we allow American companies to close factories here and open them there, shipping the same goods back here to sell in the same stores, costing jobs, companies, industries and our economy.
U.S.-China Trade and Jobs: It's All A Matter Of Perspective
In a New York Times Economix blog post, David Barboza suggests that things are looking better in U.S.-China trade because America's exports to the People's Republic are increasing.
Barboza cites a U.S.-China Business Council study that
Election Or Not, What Happens To Sensata-Style Workers?
A group of workers whose jobs are being outsourced to China is touring the "rust belt." They are trying to make an election point. But what about the day after the election?
Sensata Workers - More Jobs Going To China
Who Stands with the Middle Class?
The broad American middle class is in trouble. Working families have been struggling with stagnant wages and rising insecurity for over three decades. From 2002-2007, Americans witnessed the first “recovery” in which the typical household suffered declining income. Then came the collapse of the housing bubble and the Great Recession.
Blocking Bain Trucks To Save Jobs In Freeport -- This Is An IMPORTANT Story
See also: Is This Why Romney Won't Talk To Sensata Workers Whose Jobs Are Being Shipped To China?
