Showing posts with label Infrastructure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Infrastructure. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 16, 2013
Five Reasons Washington Shouldn’t Panic About The Debt
Five Reasons Washington Shouldn’t Panic About The Debt: Once again, the March budget season has arrived, and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) has engineered another draconian fiscal vision for the House Republicans. The plan would radically remake Medicare, decimate Medicaid, grant a huge tax cut to the wealthy, and slash support for the poor, investments, and civic infrastructure. Ryan and his cohorts justify these [...]/p
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Even Paul Ryan Admits That America Isn’t Facing A Debt Crisis
Even Paul Ryan Admits That America Isn’t Facing A Debt Crisis: Paul Ryan says we must slash spending. We must do it now, and we must do it dramatically. We must cut 47 percent from education, 32 percent from infrastructure, and 28 percent from scientific research. [...]/p
Friday, March 1, 2013
All Aboard: Why Now Is The Time For Federal Investment In Railroads
All Aboard: Why Now Is The Time For Federal Investment In Railroads: Amtrak served a record 31.2 million customers in 2012, a 55 percent increase since 1997 that makes it America’s fastest-growing method of transportation, according to a new study from the Brookings-Rockefeller Project on State and Metropolitan Innovation. Nearly all of the growth took place on Amtrak’s shorter routes, especially in the Northeast Corridor that connects [...]/p
Monday, February 4, 2013
Breaking the Chains of Debt Peonage | Common Dreams
Breaking the Chains of Debt Peonage | Common Dreams
"The only way to break this fear and passivity is to organize workers to break the cycle of mounting debt. And the first step to achieving independence from debt—the primary form of political control by the corporate state—is to raise the minimum wage. There are other solutions—forgiving mortgage and student debt, instituting universal health care, establishing a nationwide jobs program to rebuild the country’s Third World infrastructure, and green energy—but none of this will happen until we are able to mount a sustained mass movement that discredits the corporate state. This mass movement will arise, as Nader says, when we mobilize around the minimum wage."
"The only way to break this fear and passivity is to organize workers to break the cycle of mounting debt. And the first step to achieving independence from debt—the primary form of political control by the corporate state—is to raise the minimum wage. There are other solutions—forgiving mortgage and student debt, instituting universal health care, establishing a nationwide jobs program to rebuild the country’s Third World infrastructure, and green energy—but none of this will happen until we are able to mount a sustained mass movement that discredits the corporate state. This mass movement will arise, as Nader says, when we mobilize around the minimum wage."
Friday, February 1, 2013
Two Charts That Make The Case For More Infrastructure Spending
Two Charts That Make The Case For More Infrastructure Spending: The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that the U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs last month, which is not enough to quickly bring down the unemployment rate. At the same time, America faces a huge infrastructure gap that is going to cost it 3.5 million jobs over the next decade. The obvious solution should be [...]/p
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