Tax cut deal: “A tremendous sacrifice” says Solis
"Right now we've made a tremendous sacrifice," Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis said. "There's no pleasure in us giving the high income tax bracket these cuts."
MoveOn.org speakout: No tax cuts for billionaires
“No Tax Bailouts for Billionaires” was the message of thousands of MoveOn.org members who joined street corner “speakouts” outside congressional district offices across the nation Dec. 2.
Citizens’ Commission plan can change deficit debate - thank goodness!
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize-winning economist, and the Citizens' Commission on Jobs, Deficits And America's Future, presented a plan that focuses on what's needed: jobs.
Schakowsky issues progressive deficit plan
A leading congressional progressive issued a counter-plan to the one advocated by the deficit commission's co-chairs. The plan would reduce deficits - but not on the backs of working people.
Proposed Social Security cuts: seniors hit, millionaires glide
Proposals for major cuts in Social Security floated by the deficit commission co-chairs are an attempt to "bully" seniors "while Wall Street millionaires just skate on through scot-free."
GOP push millionaire tax break, cut off of unemployment
Republicans want to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the rich, but they won't commit to extending unemployment compensation for millions of workers at risk of losing their benefits at the height of the holiday season.
Berkeley campus heats up
Over 1,000 students, campus workers and faculty packed Sproul Plaza, historic protest site on the University of California campus, Oct. 7, chanting "Whose university? Our university!"
Obama says he won’t budge on ending Bush tax cuts for the rich
"What I ask the Tea Party is, ‘Would you cut veterans' benefits, end Medicare, end Social Security?'”
One hot August...city cuts protested
DALLAS - Local politics and thermometers are breaking over the top in this part of the Sun Belt.
Bush tax cuts for the rich puts GOP in hot seat
As the November elections get closer Republicans have another reason to worry.
