by MCDC | Jan 2, 2015 | Economy, News
Meet a few of the job destroyers and tax evaders that want to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while lowering the tax rate for the top 2% “There really is no shame. The Wall Street leaders whose recklessness and illegal behavior caused this terrible...
by MCDC | Dec 24, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Economy, Issues, News
For those hoping to see the American economy succeed, there are a lot of reasons to smile this morning. Economic growth is at an 11-year high. Job growth is at a 15-year high. The stock market is soaring. Wages are rising. Gas prices are plummeting. American...
by MCDC | Dec 18, 2014 | Economy, Employment, Energy, Issues, News
Excerpts from an article by Steve Benen Remember the 2012 presidential campaign? It was just two years ago that Mitt Romney boasted that if he were elected president, he’d “get the unemployment rate down to 6 percent, perhaps a little lower” by the end of his first...
by MCDC | Dec 14, 2014 | Economy, Employment, Income Inequality, Issues
A couple of years ago, the city of Chicago started a summer jobs program for teenagers attending high schools in some of the city’s high-crime, low-income neighborhoods. The program was meant, of course, to connect students to work. But officials also hoped that...
by MCDC | Sep 25, 2014 | Economy, Income Inequality, Minimum Wage, Satire
