Saturday, November 19, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
CHART: Median Income For Young Adult Males Has Dropped 10 Percent Since 1980
CHART: Median Income For Young Adult Males Has Dropped 10 Percent Since 1980: pThe unemployment rate for teens and young adults under age 24 is a staggering 16.7 percent, and recent polls have shown that young adults are pessimistic about their financial future. Today, Demos released a chart showing even more bad news for young adult males. According to this chart, the median annual income for young adult [...]/p
Report: Health Reform Could Save Families $2,161 Annually By 2020
Report: Health Reform Could Save Families $2,161 Annually By 2020: pHealth insurance premiums for employer-sponsored coverage increased by 50 percent from 2003 to 2010 and will “rise 72 percent by 2020, to nearly $24,000″ if Congress repeals the Affordable Care Act, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund concludes. Over the last seven years, premiums outpaced income growth in every state, as employees contributed an [...]/p
Fox Nation: ‘God Bless Income Disparity’
Fox Nation: ‘God Bless Income Disparity’: pPolls show that Americans are increasingly concerned with growing income inequality in the country, but conservative news outlets and think tanks are pushing back with their own reports praising the widening gap between the rich and everyone else. The Heritage Foundation, for instance, argued on their blog that “economic inequality is not necessarily an injustice, [...]/p
The Balanced Budget Amendment Isn’t Just A Terrible Idea, It’s A Terrible Idea For Conservatives
The Balanced Budget Amendment Isn’t Just A Terrible Idea, It’s A Terrible Idea For Conservatives: pLater today, the House is expected to begin debate on a balanced budget amendment, with most of the amendment’s supporters hoping that it will impose sweeping and permanent austerity upon the United States. As ThinkProgress reported, if this amendment actually succeeded in balancing the budget entirely through spending cuts, it would “throw about 15 million [...]/p
Not Just Freddie Mac: Newt Gingrich’s Long History Of Influence Peddling For His Corporate Clients
Not Just Freddie Mac: Newt Gingrich’s Long History Of Influence Peddling For His Corporate Clients: pCaught flatfooted in the CNBC debate when a moderator asked about his past work for Freddie Mac, Newt Gingrich has since twisted and turned, making up every excuse under the sun to obscure his post-politician career as a K Street operator. Despite the revelation that he was paid at least $1.6 million by the troubled [...]/p
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Competitiveness In A Currency Union
Competitiveness In A Currency Union: pIs it reasonable to expect German taxpayers to make a potentially unlimited commitment to fiscal transfers to Spain and Italy? Maybe not. Certainly it sounds unappealing. Certainly Americans have no appetite for making that kind of commitment to the population of Mexico, even though the U.S. and Mexico share very close relationships across a variety [...]/p
Monday, November 14, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
POLL: 99 Percent Message Nearly Twice As Popular As Tea Party GOP Message
POLL: 99 Percent Message Nearly Twice As Popular As Tea Party GOP Message: pA new NBC-Wall Street Journal poll out last night found that a whopping 60 percent of Americans strongly agree with the basic sentiment of the 99 Percent Movement, as expressed in the statement below: The current economic structure of the country is out of balance and favors a very small proportion of the rich over the [...]/p
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
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