Ideology-driven, intransigent, Norquist-pledge-signing, Obama-hating Congressional Republicans might not get it, but kitchen-table Americans do. Public opinion polls released in the past few days indicate
Category: Taxes
Progressive groups switch from defense to offense
For some time, those who support progressive policies have been on defense, attempting to hold onto the gains of the past. Major campaigns have
Balance the federal budget in 3 days? These guys did it!
Put two high-level Republicans, two high-level Democrats and a politically savvy moderator around a table for three days, and what do you get? Heated,
If jobs don’t excite you, how about shopping?
It may be that progressives have been taking the wrong approach to foster economic reform in the U.S. Our candidates say the three top
Sanders: Devastation awaits working families in the “Gang of 6” deficit reduction plan
What I can say is that I have heard, including from people that you might not expect to hear it from, that if they
13 new state laws progressives can applaud
Thanks to some smart and courageous state legislators around the country, the progressive agenda actually inched forward in 2011. Yes, you read that correctly:
The People’s Budget
The People’s Budget is an alternative budget put forward by the co-chairs of the 80-member Congressional Progressive Caucus. In contrast to the Ryan and
Stiglitz: “Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%.”
In the current issue of Vanity Fair, Nobel Prize winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz, paints a picture of the United States that we may not recognize.
The top ten tax-dodging corporations
Did you know you will pay more taxes this year than GE or Exxon Mobil? These corporations, and others, will not only avoid paying
MO Prop A: If it passes, who wins, who loses?
In Missouri the battle over the November ballot initiative, Proposition A, is hot. There is a lot of confusion over what Prop A is