"Words that make actions speak louder."
A Twitter town hall today seeks to turn a plan that should be considered politically outrageous into politically inevitable – unless, of course, concerned citizens act to make it politically toxic.
Austerity policies have largely set the parameters of the policy debate over how to grow the economy for the past four years. We will need accelerated growth to sustain and build upon the gains that the economy has made.
A former Campaign for America’s Future “Progressive Champion” and a libertarian Republican have jointly created a Frankenstein of a plan that pardons corporations for their past tax avoidance.
Flooded streets, broken bridges and overcrowded public transportation make the case for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ $1 trillion spending plan. So do the 13 million jobs that the bill would create.
Politicians in both parties and in both houses are coalescing around a plan to pay for transportation improvements by giving corporations a deep tax break on profits they have held overseas.
The White House today announced the creation of an infrastructure bonds program designed to attract private financing for transportation projects. It’s a workaround for the cowardice and obstruction in Washington.
Not only have Republicans in recent memory made tentative statements about being “open” to raising the gasoline tax, a group of Republican House members have actually voted to do it.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls for “different choices … that put working people first” as AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka launches a new effort to mobilize workers for jobs and growth.
State and local tax breaks are exploited by wealthy corporations, propping up businesses that generate massive wealth for CEOs and shareholders while keeping wages and benefits down for rank-and-file workers.
The current federal program for funding surface transportation infrastructure in the United States is broken, a new report concludes, and other countries may have lessons for us to learn.