Author: Isaiah Jerome Lewis Poole
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These House Members Didn\’t \’Embrace The Suck\’; They Embraced the Jobless
Thirty-two Democrats opted to put principle before the political expediency of compromise for compromise\’s sake. \”Congress shouldn’t be patting ourselves on the back just because we didn’t shoot ourselves in the foot.\”
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Tell Congress: Don\’t Go Home Without Extending Jobless Benefits
We have been calling on our supporters to flood their members of Congress today with this simple statement: \”A budget deal that abandons the unemployed is no deal at all.\”
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Lower Corporate Taxes Do Not Equal More Jobs
A new report shows that most of the \”job creators\” in today\’s economy are paying some of the highest corporate taxes, while the companies that are paying little or nothing in corporate taxes are the ones that are slashing their payrolls.
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Put \’Full Employment\’ Back On The National Agenda
The phrase \”full employment\” is treated as something that would be uttered only by wild-eyed radicals. It\’s time to mainstream the term. That\’s why a new book by economists Dean Baker and Jared Bernstein is so important.
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The Elephant That\’s Blocking The Road To Economic Growth
Corporate participants at a major transportation summit today must address the elephant in the room: the tea-party extremists that many of them bankrolled who block the infrastructure investments they are clamoring for.
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USA Today Sides With the Public Pension Wrecking Crew
USA Today offers the latest entry in the race to punish public-sector workers for successfully retaining the benefits that used to be broadly available to private-sector workers.
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Ryan Gets 700,000 \’No\’ Votes on Social Security Cuts
We helped deliver a petition to House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan signed by more than 700,000 people calling for \”no grand bargain in exchange for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid cuts.\”
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Jobs Report: \’Better Than Expected\’ Doesn\’t Change What We Must Do
The buzz today over a surprisingly positive jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics should not obscure the big picture. Job-seekers are still suffering because of reckless spending cuts and Republican legislative obstruction.
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Tell Congress A Budget Deal Must Stop Tax Haven Abuse
Let\’s send a loud, clear message to Congress that we expect those who are doing well in today\’s economy to pay their fair share and end their gaming of the tax system.
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Winning Isn\’t The Only Thing. It\’s About Movement-Building
Terry McAuliffe\’s win in Virginia, even though it was a decisive defeat of a tea party hero, doesn\’t offer a template for rebuilding the electoral framework for progressive reform. That\’s the real challenge of 2014 and beyond.