by Bill Scher | Mar 10, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The Summit on Jobs & America's Future is still underway, but here are the best Twitter posts from the conference, so far: @mpiscatella: @villaraigosa: I was a latch key kid my child care program was a library. we need to accelerate investment in infrastructure...
by Bill Scher | Mar 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Backstabbing...
by Bill Scher | Mar 9, 2011 | Blog, Economy
By 3:30 PM ET, the U.S. Senate had voted on two competing government operations bill this fiscal year. Both would cut spending. One which would lead to a loss of as many as one million jobs. The other relatively mild bill would not cause as much pain, but certainly...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 9, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » The general reaction to last week's jobs report was positive toward the 222,000 private sector jobs that were created and dismissive of the fact...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 9, 2011 | Blog
At TPM, in Republicans Struggle To Square Spending Cuts With Job Losses, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell explained why we need more stimulus: "If government spending would stimulate the economy, we'd be in the middle of a boom," he said. Now, look at this chart...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 9, 2011 | Blog
The phrase "Moment of Truth" first appeared in English in Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon. It was originally a Spanish expression for for the final sword-thrust in a bull-fight, the one that finishes off the bull after the matador is done taunting and...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 9, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis. Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » Washington is afflicted with its own version of March Madness, and we're not talking college basketball. Call it a severe case of attention...
by Roger Hickey | Mar 9, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Yesterday, Campaign For America's Future Co-Director Roger Hickey appeared on MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan Show to preview tomorrow's "Summit for Jobs & America's Future," and stress the importance of...
by Bill Scher | Mar 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Washington Forgets...
by Alan Jenkins | Mar 8, 2011 | Blog
Over the last year, right-wing politicians introduced a slew of bills in Congress and multiple states that purported to address the problem of illegal immigration. The proposals ranged from replicating Arizona’s controversial SB 1070—which requires police to question...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 8, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis. Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » This Thursday, CAF will host The Summit on Jobs & America's Future. We'll talk about how to create the jobs America needs for a real...
by | Mar 8, 2011 | Blog
Our new man in China, Gary Locke, will have a big, bilateral economic mess to help clean up. The United States posted a record $273 billion trade deficit with China last year. China continues to slow-walk the Yuan’s appreciation against the dollar. And, China shows...
by Bill Scher | Mar 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Social Security...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 8, 2011 | Blog
"Clueless." "Stupid." "Middle-class welfare." Sometimes a guy who likes facts and figures gets slapped in the face by reality, and apparently today's my day. Several recent stories showed me how some of these "austerity economics" advocates in Washington really feel...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy
To prepare you for the following stories, here is some context. You might remember that just a few weeks ago Washington passed an extension of the huge tax cuts for the rich and as an added bonus cut the tax on inherited income way, way down. This added approx. $400...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The Huffington Post's senior Washington correspondent Dan Froomkin today solves a mystery. Last year he launched a series, "America Needs Jobs," and promised 20 ideas that should be on the policy table for discussion. The ideas made for compelling reading, even though...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog
Not like Valentine’s Day, which is about love and chocolate, or Mother’s Day, which is about sentimentality and breakfast in bed, International Women’s Day is about equality and autonomy. The first commemoration occurred on March 19, 1911, a time when most governments...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » At a time when the nation faces a lost decade of chronically high unemployment, you would think any serious proposal for putting people back to...
by Steven Capozzola | Mar 7, 2011 | Blog
Hey everyone: QUICK TRIVIA QUESTION: Where are iPads and iPhones manufactured?... Need we even tell you the answer? Aren't all of you quite obviously aware that these omnipresent, hi-tech gizmos are "Made in China?" Brace yourself: In an interview on ABC This...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Morning Message: A Jobs Bill...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 6, 2011 | Blog, Making it in America
ABC News has been doing a series on Made In America, outfitting a Dallas family's home entirely with products that are made here. Click through to see videos from this week, before and after photos, a guide to finding goods Made In America on the Internet, as well as...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 6, 2011 | Blog
Lavishly paid corporate executives, flush with tax-deductible taxpayer dollars, have plenty of reason to relish the right-wing assault on 'overpaid' public employees. But we can wipe that grin off their faces. Somebody is getting rich off our tax dollars. That...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Let's begin with a multiple choice test. The United States of America is: a) a for-profit corporation; b) a family, like the typical American family in a 1960's sitcom; c) a nation -- with a national economy and nation-sized problems. If you answered "c," there's good...
by Steven Capozzola | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
ABC World News has been running segments this week about the importance of buying American-made products. In addition to their reality-TV-style experiment of refurbishing a suburban Dallas home with only Made-in-USA goods, news anchor Diane Sawyer pointed out...
by | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog
Today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report shows 192,000 net new jobs created in February, the best monthly gain in the nine months since the peak of hiring temporary Census workers in May 2010. Excluding the loss of 30,000 jobs in local, state and federal...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
See if this sounds familiar. Get elected by promising jobs. But once in office push through tax cuts for the wealthy and their corporate masks, and cut jobs. Then use the resulting budget deficits and jobs crisis to whip up pubic panic. Finally, use that panic to push...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » This morning's jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is somewhat encouraging news for job seekers, but it does not change what we've...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Robert Borosage says today's jobs report is "Treading Water." Isaiah Poole says "Treading Water—Barely." Robert Borosage, The February jobs report showing an increase of 192,000 jobs, with increased employment in virtually all sectors, provides welcome news. But don’t...
by Mary Bottari | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog
The Wisconsin State Capitol has erupted in a torrent of lawlessness this week that schoolchildren will be reading about for years. No, I don't mean rowdy protests resulting in mass arrests. Even though some 300,000 people have visited the capitol in the last two...
by Bill Scher | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » This week, yet another poll showed the public puts creating jobs ahead of deficit reduction for the "top priority of the federal government." Are...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 4, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » The February jobs report showing an increase of 192,000 jobs, with increased employment in virtually all sectors, provides welcome news. But...
by Bill Scher | Mar 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: "Grow Jobs Before...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 3, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Bankers began whining as soon as word of a proposed mortgage fraud settlement fraud case hit the street, even though it was a pretty sweet deal for them. From the Wall Street Journal: "Banks Bristle at Mortgage-Loan Plan." Even the lightest, most symbolic of penalties...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 3, 2011 | Blog
In a fun-house mirror world in which Tea Party mad-hatters drive the agenda of at least one house of Congress, a Politico op-ed co-authored by former Bush cabinet member Tom Ridge and Peterson Foundation budget-cutting crusader David Walker is what passes for sane...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 3, 2011 | Blog
While Congress and the administration -- having just passed huge tax cuts for the wealthy -- fight over which of the things government does for We, the People to cut and by how much, the rest of us are looking at how many of our jobs this will cost. Will it be a cool...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 3, 2011 | Blog
Bernie Madoff's talking and we are, too. Here's an interview on RT Television, discussing Madoff's comments about the US government and Wall Street crimes:
by Terrance Heath | Mar 3, 2011 | Blog
The "Celtic Tiger" — the Irish economy — has clawed its way back from near extinction, according to the Heritage Foundation. The irony is that the things that Heritage praises about Ireland's economy are what drove it to the brink of extinction. The...
by | Mar 3, 2011 | Blog
Rush Limbaugh says the Wisconsin protesters Are "Long-Haired, Maggot-Infested, Dope-Smoking FM Rock 'N' Roller Types. Seriously.And then he told them all to get off his lawn. Whatever. This story in the Awl about Walker's budget speech is masterfully done and it...
by Bill Scher | Mar 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Conservatives...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 2, 2011 | Blog
There's been a lot of confusion over the last few days about a possible deal with US banks to settle a fifty-state lawsuit over widespread and massive foreclosure fraud. Attorneys general from all the states have been working together, and the latest word is that the...
