From Social Security Works (http://www.socialsecurityworks.org/): Congressional Republicans are not shy about advancing their agenda: cutting taxes for the rich while attacking critical programs for working people. Their 2017 Trump-GOP tax scam added approximately $1.9 trillion to the national debt, while … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Thanks to you, this week the U.S. House and Senate passed a spending bill, which ends flat Trump-era spending and invests in our communities and our future. That bill now goes to President … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/12/research-shows-linking-climate-policy-social-and-economic-justice-makes-it-more Published on Friday, June 12, 2020 by Common Dreams “The public wants a Green New Deal. The public wants green stimulus. The public wants to address inequality.” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer Sunrise NYC, a climate activist … Continued
From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org): Last week, Democratic 2020 Presidential front-runner Senator Elizabeth Warren released her plan to pay for Medicare for All. As discussed previously here at Faith in Healthcare, Senator Bernie Sanders, academic think tanks, and economists have already set … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/14/now-earning-278-times-more-average-worker-new-study-shows-ceo-pay-has-grown-more Published on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 by Common Dreams “Corporate greed is eviscerating the working class.” By Julia Conley, staff writer CEOs of the top companies in the U.S., like Amazon executive Jeff Bezos, took home salaries … Continued
From the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (http://www.thecaap.org): Success defines the American Dream. The idea that any person can become successful in this country has been an integral piece of American history. However, this underlying principle of the American Dream … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): The top 1 percent of families in the United States took home, on average, 26.3 times as much income as the bottom 99 percent in 2015, according to a new EPI report by Estelle … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Even as incomes of the bottom 99 percent improve with a strengthening economy, the gap between the top 1 percent and everyone else continues to grow. EPI is out with a new report, “The … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Economic observers have become increasingly worried about “secular stagnation”—a chronic shortfall of aggregate demand—fearing that this shortfall will constrain American economic growth in the years ahead. In a new paper, EPI Research Director Josh … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/07/20/worker-wages-flat-1978-ceo-pay-has-soared-outrageous-937 Published on Thursday, July 20, 2017 by Common Dreams New analysis shows how corporate bosses rake in huge salaries and bonuses as inequality continues to soar By Jake Johnson, staff writer “Rising executive pay is not connected … Continued