Economy
Todays Big Idea To Get America Working Invest In Public Education
I don't think anyone has ever even tried to make the argument that education and jobs are not in any way linked. But the economic argument for education is not well understood even by those -- politicians especially -- who are most apt to make the connection. So...
Bold JOBS Plan 1 Hire For Energy Retrofitting
Last week, in Jobs: It's BOLD PLAN Time, I listed three badly-needed plans for creating jobs: * A 5-year plan to revive American manufacturing. This is how our country and our people can make a living again. * A 5-year plan to bring America's infrastructure into the...
Suffer The Children
On Monday, I wrote about the recession from the point of view of a parent concerned about what the state of the economy — and Washington's inaction in the midst of an economic crisis — implies for my children's future, and all our children's futures. Given what I've...
Six Pillars For American Jobs And Rebuilding The American Dream
On the morning after President Obama sent his "American Jobs Act" legislation to Capitol Hill, the Progressive Caucus is responding with its "Rebuild The American Dream Framework," six pillars that progressive leaders in Congress are using to...
The New GOP Anti-Kids Anti-Jobs Anti-Business and Anti-Republican
This is not your father's (or mother's) GOP. During a time of national crisis, the President has submitted an urgently-needed jobs bill that is well within the mainstream for Republicans as well as Democrats. But today's Republicans are a new breed, dedicated not to...
Message To Obama No Half-Measures On Jobs
Today 68 major progressive organizations have sent a letter to President Obama urging him to present a "big, bold" jobs program to the nation in his anticipated post-Labor Day address. Some of the organizations signing the letter, while praising the...
Jobs Report Message Now Obama Has Zero Choice But To Go Bold On Jobs
Zero. That was the number of net jobs produced by the economy in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Zero is the number that looms above President Obama as he delivers his address Thursday to a joint session of Congress. The imperative for the...
Labor Day A Day to Rest Remember and Act - For Entitlements and Jobs
Rest. A time of rest from long hours of work. That's the principle enshrined in Labor Day, a 125-year-old American holiday that celebrates the spirit of organized labor. It's the spirit behind the six-day workweek, too. A day of rest was enshrined in monotheism's holy...
A Five-Point Checklist For Obamas Jobs Speech
President Obama's speech before a joint session of Congress Thursday will be measured in a number of ways, but for the millions of unemployed and underemployed people in America only one measurement counts: the specific proposals Obama places before the country to get...
JOBS ACTION NOW
Drawing the Line Last night, President Obama powerfully called on the Congress to end the “political circus” and act on jobs. His agenda featured proposals that have traditionally gained bipartisan support. He indicted the failed conservative notion “that the only...
