Economy
Hey Let's Have A JOBS Convention!
Last week Republicans branded themselves as the party of cuts. This week the Democrats have an opportunity to be the party of jobs and growth again.
Why "Playing The Race Card" Works for Conservatives
Come the revolution, rich, white, male conservatives will be the only people left who can "play the race card" and get away with it. Actually, that revolution is already here.
Jobs In The Republican Platform: Do The Infrastructure Projects They Blocked!
What does the (draft) Republican Platform say about creating jobs? The meat of the plan is to do the infrastructure projects they have been blocking!
The Record
Let's look at the jobs proposals in the (draft) Republican platform. But first for context: In the last month of the Bush presidency the economy lost 815,000 jobs.
The Politics of Pentagon Profiteers and the Truth about Jobs
The author is the Director of Public Policy for POGO (Project On Government Oversight)
A New Strategy for Prosperity
The following is a short version of the visionary report "Prosperity Economics" by Jacob S. Hacker and Nate Loewentheil, endorsed by Campaign for America's Future, AFL-CIO, Center for Community Change, Economic Policy Institute, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, National Council of La Raza, SEIU and more.
Will Republican Convention Discuss Actual Jobs, Not "Tax-Cut" Jobs?
Next week the Republicans hold their convention. They will supposedly focus their message on the economy. But after four years of an agenda to block jobs and economic growth so they can campaign on complaints of no jobs and no growth, can they offer anything that might actually create jobs and improve the economy? We will see next week.
The Romney Jobs Plans
Bain of Our Existence.com
As the Republican convention approaches, “Etch-a-Sketch” Mitt Romney continues to reshape himself. Overnight, he’s for allowing abortion in cases of rape and incest, after being against it. Now he’s the savior of Medicare after being the scourge of the entitlement society.
The Budget Debate Is Too Limited
The following was originally published by Politico
Will Anyone Answer the Question Voters are Asking?
Everyone agrees that there is only one question on voters' minds: who has a plausible plan to put this economy on the right track? Yet in the most expensive election in recorded history, candidates up and down the ticket aren't offering much of an answer.
