economy
Payroll tax, jobs and Social Security
September 6, 2011One part of the jobs program that President Obama will be presenting this week is an extension of the payroll tax reduction. Some activists and economists are opposing an extension, claiming that it will undermine Social...
Read moreJob and wage loss major issues on Labor Day
September 5, 2011A report on U.S. occupations - sorting 366 defined jobs data into high-income, middle-income and low-income posts - reveals data to back what workers know by instinct: The jobs that disappeared in the Great Recession were...
Read moreCreationists, flat earthers and deficit hawks
September 2, 2011It's worth asking how the proponents of deficit-reduction - be they congressional Republicans or "deficit hawks" within the Obama administration - think that lower deficits will lead to increased growth and job creation in an economy...
Read morePhiladelphia says: Heal America, tax Wall Street
September 2, 2011Over 100 rallied outside the downtown office of Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Penn., Sept. 1 to deliver the message.
Read moreJoint session of Congress to hear the president on jobs
September 1, 2011President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner agreed Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress, ending yet another GOP attempt to embarrass the president.
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