*Economy
Social Security Cutters, Watch Out
Sep 4th
BY PROGRESSIVE BREAKFAST AUGUST 12, 2010 Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement sec Major Social Security Poll To Be Released Today Pollster Stan Greenberg, Campaign For America’s Future and [...]
Social Security Under Assault
Sep 3rd
thinkprogress.org ECONOMY Social Security Under Assault This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Social Security Act, and despite its standing as arguably the most successful social program in the country’s history, Social Security has come under assault from a variety of Republican lawmakers and candidates. In his “Roadmap for America’s Future,” Rep. Paul Ryan [...]
Boehner’s Half-Baked Economic Plan
Sep 1st
Ourfuture.Org Rep. John Boehner, the perpetually tanned House Minority leader, unveiled his plan to get the economy going today in a speech before the Cleveland City Club. Hold on to your job; if he becomes speaker, things will get worse. Understandably, Boehner said not a word about the policies that led to the Great Recession. [...]
Ten Common Sense Principles for a New Economy
Aug 19th
Friday 06 August 2010 by: David Korten | YES! Magazine | Op-Ed I find hope in the fact that millions of people the world over are seeing through the moral and practical fallacies underlying the Wall Street economy and—by contributing to the creation of a New Economy—are taking charge of their economic lives. Here are ten common [...]
The Tea Party Is Dangerous: Dispelling 7 Myths That Help Us Avoid Reality About the New Right-Wing Politics
Jul 5th
Monday 05 July 2010 by: Adele M. Stan | Alternet | News Analysis Few things are more confounding to liberals and progressives than the rise of the Tea Party movement, and the media’s infatuation with it. Just as we breathed a sigh of relief with the election of Barack Obama as the nation’s 44th president, after eight [...]
Eight Keys To Addressing The Deficit jobs crisis debt crisis
Jul 1st
Campaign for America’s Future By Richard Trumka Mr. Chairman and Members of the Commission, I know my time is short, so I will limit my testimony to eight key points: First, stabilizing the is a means to an end, not an end in itself. This is an excerpt of testimony delivered before the White House [...]
Grow The Economy, Reduce The Deficit, Invest In The Future
Jul 1st
Campaign for America’s Future I support smart economic policies to reduce the structural deficit over time. However, I want to share three major concerns. 1. We are in danger of killing or weakening needed growth in the name of reducing deficits. My organization is a member of the Jobs for America Now coalition, and we [...]
15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America
Jun 18th
6/16 Real average earnings have not increased in 50 years Tags: Economy, Wealthy, Poor, Taxes, Features Filed under: *Economy, State of the Nation Tagged: wealth distribution
The Bad Logic Of Fiscal Austerity
Jun 14th
The Bad Logic Of Fiscal Austerity – Paul Krugman Blog So, one more time: here’s an attempt to put together some key arguments about why the rush to fiscal austerity is deeply misguided. Let me start with the budget arithmetic, borrowing an approach from Brad DeLong. Consider the long-run budget implications for the United States [...]
The Wrong Message on Deficits
Jun 11th
The New York Times EDITORIAL The Wrong Message on Deficits The whip-deficits-now fever is running hot on both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe, politicians are understandably spooked by investors dumping government bonds in the wake of the Greek meltdown. But the sudden fierce enthusiasm for fiscal austerity, especially among stronger economies, is likely to [...]
