by MCDC | Jan 22, 2014 | Economy, Employment, Minimum Wage
With more than 46 million people living below the poverty line, struggling to survive on $19,530 or less for a family of three, and with more than one in three Americans living on less than twice that amount, scrimping to pay for basics, this country will require a...
by MCDC | Jan 19, 2014 | Action Alerts, Economy, Employment, Video
Tell your Representative to oppose H.R. 3830 “the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014,” legislation to grant “Fast Track” authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP has been negotiated by corporate insiders...
by MCDC | Jan 11, 2014 | Economy, Social Security
The Absurdity of Cutting Social Security to Reduce the Debt By Marty Wolfson Shortly after the ceiling on federal debt was raised on October 17, 2013, the conservative Heritage Foundation notified its readers that the outstanding debt of the United States had...
by MCDC | Jan 8, 2014 | Economy, Employment, Minimum Wage
By Susie Madrak House Republican leaders sent a memo this week to the entire GOP conference with talking points designed to help rank-and-file Republicans show compassion for the unemployed and explain the Republican position on unemployment benefits. In the memo,...
by MCDC | Jan 2, 2014 | Economy, Employment, Minimum Wage, Video
a tip-of-the-hat to Frank Dixon Via Business Insider: “As the war over income inequality wages on, super-rich Seattle entrepreneur Nick Hanauer has been raising the hackles of his fellow 1-percenters, espousing the contrarian argument that rich people...
