Karen Dolan speaks at “Taking Back the Budget Debate” Town Hall
Karen Dolan spoke to 500 Marylanders at a Town Hall to address issues raised by the economic recession and the budget deal passed by Congress in August — and the need to significantly cut military spending as a key way to cut the deficit.
Mr. President, Maybe You’ve ‘Got This’ After All
After that Rose Garden speech, it looks like maybe I didn’t dance for you in vain.
Ruin by Recklessness
It is the height of recklessness for the current crop of uncompromising Republicans in Congress to play political games with our nation’s economic soundness.
Republican Pettiness and Democratic Enabling Lead to Budget that Hurts New Jerseyans
The political leadership in the Garden State preaches austerirty and passes the burden of the economic crisis to those in the most dire need.
Republicans Find the Culprit
It turns out that Mitt Romney is that lazy, too-good-for-your-minimum-wage-job unemployed guy GOP lawmakers have in mind when they try to cut off unemployment benefits.
GOP Unveils Radical New Budget Gutting Medicare, Medicaid — Taking from the Poor, Giving to the Rich
From start to finish, this budget is a smoke screen obscuring a dangerous far-right agenda.
Who’s Buyin’ Ryan? Only the Rich Can Afford To…
Under the guise of debt reduction, the chairman of the House Budget Committee’s budget proposal would take from the already poor, give to the already rich.
The High Road to Profitability in the Restaurant Industry
Local summit on the restaurant industry shows us that the choices that restaurant owners make affect not only their workers, but the rest of us as well.
SOTU: Glossing over the Pervasive Suffering Caused by Joblessness
The freeze on the funding of discretionary domestic programs would choke off vital assistance to a shrinking middle class and growing numbers of poor and low-income families.
