"Words that make actions speak louder."
Ever since President Obama set up the Deficit Commission all the talk has been about Social Security? Why? Social Security is separate from the rest of the US budget, is separately funded, has a huge trust fund and, most important: Social. Security. Does. Not. Contribute. To. The. Deficit. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said […]
The economy is stuck. We need jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. Not tax cuts. The government released the July Employment Situation Summary and it isn’t great. First, in context, before the stimulus we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. The problem is that the stimulus is fading and structural changes […]
Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees today released their report on the Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs. Here is what it says: Social Security Just Fine Until At Least 2037 The summary of the report says, “The financial outlook for Social Security is little changed from last year. The short term […]
Addressing the AFL-CIO Executive Council today, President Obama signaled support for the new Congressional “Make It In America” initiative, saying, “As long as I’m president, I’m going to keep fighting night and day to make sure that we win those jobs, that those are jobs that are created right here in the United States of […]
If 60+ Orgs Representing 30+ million people gave a press conference in a forest and no media covers it … will these 30+ million people still vote against politicians who vote to cut benefits? You can bet your seat in Congress they will! Last week leaders of more than 60 national organizations that represent more […]
We need a Democracy Tariff, imposed at the border on goods that are brought in from countries where the people have not been able to build a strong democracy that protects their workers, wages and environment. Yesterday in Exporting Jobs Is Not “Trade.” It Evades Democracy’s Protections I wrote that … well … exporting jobs […]
We, the People have fought hard to build and strengthen our democracy. We built up laws and institutions and protections. It has been a particularly hard fight to build a middle class with weekends off, good wages, worker protections and some degree of protection of our environment. Step by step we fought and built, fought […]
Actually, the title kind of says it all, no? If we spend money on tax cuts, the next year we only have debt and pay interest on the debt. For a clear example, just look at the damage the Bush tax cuts have done to the country. They left behind worse than nothing — we […]
Social Security is once again under attack. Time after time Social Security has come under attack. Do you remember the Bush “privatization” campaign a few years ago? Each time the attack uses a different myth, repeated over and over. Then, in between attacks, the myths continue circulating. This time they’re trying to make people think […]