About 25 people gathered Thursday afternoon in front of the Bank of America building in downtown Des Moines for a “jobs not cuts” rally, showing support for the occupy movement, President Obama’s jobs bill and safety net programs.
Following up on Mike’s follow-up that touched on the failure of trickle-down economic policies to, well, trickle down, it looks like President-elect Barack Obama intends to pursue an altogether different track.
Politico’s Mike Allen has some excerpts from Obama’s prepared remarks, to be delivered today at the More…
Late last month, as Congress was on its way to passing the $700-billion Wall Street bailout plan, another economic stimulus measure died a quiet death in the Senate.
That $58-billion proposal would have extended unemployment benefits, pumped billions of dollars into local infrastructure projects and increased funding for low-income nutrition More…
Last week, as White House officials were making the rounds on Capitol Hill to sell their $700 billion Wall Street bailout plan, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), a member of the Senate banking committee, made a vow: “We will not Christmas-tree this bill with extraneous amendments.”
Right.
Last night, the More…
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