Economy
Were Better off Than Egypt -- Right Lets Take a Look
A tourist who was interviewed last night from Cairo spoke for millions of his fellow Americans when he said he couldn't imagine living a country like Egypt. It is hard, isn't it? Imagine: A government run by and for the rich and powerful. Leaders who lecture others...
Conrad on SOTU Hey Kent What about Jobs
The retiring Kent Conrad, Democratic Chair of the Senate Budget Committee, released his own statement on the State of the Union (see below in full). He praises the president for calling for civility and bipartisan action on deficits. Missing in action is any mention...
A Strong State of the Union Address for a Union in a Different State
No surprise that President Obama knows how to deliver a speech. His State of the Union speech will add to his reviving poll numbers. He set up what should be a centerpiece of Washington's debate over the next months: invest and grow vs. the Republican "cut and...
State Of The Union—Infrastructure and Jobs Two Problems One Solution
Tonight, when President Obama gives his State of the Union address, he will be facing a nation that has millions of infrastructure jobs that need doing and millions of people out of work. The President is planning to address these two problems with a proposal to...
Set The Course Create 1 Million Jobs In 2011
In the much-buzzed-about Sunday New York Times Magazine article by Peter Baker on President Obama's search for an "exciting" jobs plan that could be offered in his State of the Union address next week, a White House adviser describes Obama as "really frustrated that...
Our Nation’s Future ‘Begins and Ends’ with Jobs
The debate about America’s future “begins and ends concretely with the question of jobs,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said this morning In a speech at the National Press Club in Washington outlining a working families’ vision for the nation. Trumka urged...
Its Still The Jobs
What is it about jobs that is hard to get? The new Republican congressional majority is railing about repealing health care and cutting spending. The president is wooing business and bankers. The punditry is focused on austerity and deficit reduction. But, as a...
Where Are The Breadwinning Jobs
There isn't much cause for gloating in today's unemployment report, with the number of jobs created during December—103,000—being lower than most analysts expected. But, more critically, we're not even treading water on creating a sufficient number of "breadwinning...
Job #1 Jobs
As Paul Krugman aptly summarizes, “recovery” is today's fool’s gold. Good news about the economy—higher holiday sales, lower unemployment filings—feeds a truly dangerous Beltway conventional wisdom: “We’re in recovery; now it is time to tighten our belts, cut...
Its Not Just Inflammatory Rhetoric
In the aftermath of the tragic Tucson, AZ, shooting that left six dead, and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D, AZ-8) hospitalized, much has been said and written about the degree to which incendiary rhetoric motivated the shooter. However, caustic rhetoric isn't the real...
