Economy and Business
Catering to the Rich
The War on Labor
Here in investor-laden Connecticut, labor just scored a rare coup. We became the first state to require universal paid sick leave.
Let’s ‘Make Them’ End the Great Recession
Raising the national debt ceiling may have forestalled an immediate U.S. default and credit collapse, but the deal will do absolutely nothing to address the real problems of our time.
AT&T Takeover of T-Mobile Won’t Create New Jobs
The fury surrounding the debt ceiling deal was so boisterous and rowdy that most Americans took a while to notice that it does nothing to create jobs.
How to Make the Super Congress Open and Accountable
The hurriedly passed Budget Control Act raised the nation’s debt ceiling and made some efforts to reduce the deficit. The law also demands that Congress reduce the deficit another $1.2 trillion through spending cuts and additional revenue. The power to choose how those reductions will be made will be concentrated in the hands of the 12 members of the Joint Select Committee on Debt Reduction, nicknamed the “Super Congress.”
Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?
With the economy foundering like a man overboard in heavy seas, we’ve attempted to rescue it by throwing it an anchor. We’ve put productive public workers on the street in the name of fiscal prudence. We’ve backed away from the building of the roads, bridges, and other public works vital to a vibrant economy. We’ve cut back on our investment in public education, stunting the best hope for future prosperity.
Illegal Foreclosure Epidemic
Two-year-olds often go running around the house too wildly and crash into something. They get an “ouchie” and fall down crying, but they learn from it.
What would FDR Do?
How much can a U.S. president committed to greater equality hope to accomplish when lawmakers devoted to helping the rich hold the upper hand?
America’s Real Job Creators are Broke
Our policymakers in Washington have totally lost sight of what’s happening at the ranch. John Boehner’s GOP-controlled House and Barack Obama’s White House have agreed to slash trillions of dollars from the federal budget, as though that’s America’s most important need. Bovine excrement! If they’d lift their vision to the countryside, even they could figure out that our great economic urgency is for the creation of good, middle-class jobs to get America moving again — moving upward and moving together.
Raised Ceiling
