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by Bob Fertik
August 18, 2011 - 12:48pm
As the global economy grinds to a halt, progressive "pundits" are driving me crazy by equating a Keynesian "stimulus" with jobs.
They are not the same thing.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was a $787 billion "stimulus." It was …more
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by Bob Fertik
April 3, 2011 - 12:49pm
A broad nationwide progressive coalition will host over 1,000 events nationwide on Monday to protest attacks on unions and cuts in essential social programs, and to commemorate the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on this date in 1968. …more
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by Bob Fertik
March 11, 2011 - 11:08am
Last weekend, tens of thousands of us rallied in New York City and around the nation. We demonstrated our solidarity with workers in Wisconsin and around the nation who are under attack by Tea Party Republicans like Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
Step …more
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by Bob Fertik
February 24, 2011 - 10:23am
This Saturday we're drawing a line in the sand. The entire progressive movement is putting everything we have into one massive display of progressive solidarity nationwide.
We won't let Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker - or any other billionaire-bought …more
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by Bob Fertik
January 16, 2011 - 3:18pm
In December, Republicans demanded - and won - an extension of Bush's tax cuts for the rich costing $858 billion over two years.
Amazingly, that same $858 billion could create jobs for all 14.5 million unemployed Americans paying nearly $30,000 per …more
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by Bob Fertik
December 17, 2010 - 9:58am
Congress just passed a tax bill costing $858 billion. It was sold as a "stimulus" bill that would create 1 million jobs through "trickle-down" economics.Even if true - which is doubtful - this would leave 14 million of America's 15 million …more
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Dear Representative,
I demand that John Boehner and his extremist House Republicans pass the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance extension. Now. It’s time that the middle class come first. …more
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Dear President Obama,
I am writing to your re-election campaign because I want to support you in 2012 - but you cannot win without an Emergency Jobs Bill to hire millions of Americans immediately.
14 million Americans are completely unemployed and …more
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Dear Representative,
America's jobs crisis is much worse than its debt crisis - it's an emergency.
Official unemployment is already over 9%, the worst since the Great Depression. That's 14 million Americans who cannot find any job.
Another 12 …more
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