John Case
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Case
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U.S.
Citizens’ Commission plan can change deficit debate – thank goodness!
December 2, 2010Joseph 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.
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Opinion
Two progressive deficit plans put workers, jobs first
November 30, 2010It is possible to have job creation, reinvestment in America, improvement in retirement security and health care for all, while at the same time balancing the budget.
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Opinion
Republican “jobs” plan: tax cuts for the rich
November 9, 2010Give a business owner a million dollars a day in "incentives" - if no one is coming into the store, the owner will not create a single new job.
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Opinion
Investing in clean transportation could create 3.7 million jobs
October 28, 2010Comprehensive energy and climate policies, and infrastructure spending on clean transportation, could create 3.7 million jobs in the U.S., a new study shows.
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Books
Poem of the week: Pat Mora’s “Legal Alien”
October 25, 2010This poem, "Legal Alien," captures an important quality of our evolving and emerging multi-national, multi racial and multi-ethnic culture.
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Opinion
Status quo is unsustainable, and dangerous
October 13, 2010We need a new vision to block the reactionary juggernaut led and funded by leading sections of finance capital, energy, defense and agribusiness.
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U.S.
Manchin vs. Raese in West Virginia – better swallow the toad
October 7, 2010Manchin's opponent, John Raese, a multi-millionaire (by inheritance), is an extremist Republican who would like to throw everything back to before child labor laws.
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U.S.
Economists predict stormy weather ahead
October 6, 2010In a live webcast conference yesterday, top left-to-moderate economists painted a grim picture, especially with the current Republican-induced paralysis in Congress.
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