Washington, D.C–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011. Today, a new report released by the Center for American Progress documents that budget cuts insisted on last spring by the U.S. House of Representatives cost the American economy nearly 400,000 jobs. The analysis tracks the impact those reductions had on employment in three specific areas[Read More…]
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Freedom Plaza Occupied for Three Weeks by OccupyWashingtonDC.org
Occupiers Protest in House, Senate, Close Banks and Chamber of Commerce, Protest Wars Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011. It has been a whirlwind of activity since October 6 when the occupation of Freedom Plaza began. We’ve had rallies and protests, closed down banks and the Chamber of Commerce, protested in the[Read More…]
Center for American Progress: States Can Improve Student Success by Perfecting Principal Selection Policies
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2011. Today the Center for American Progress released a report revealing that states can improve educational outcomes for children by refining policies and requirements for school principal selection. States play a critical role in determining who leads our country’s schools. Individual states control the two most important[Read More…]
Gallup: Record Percentage Of Americans Now Support Marijuana Legalization
Princeton, NJ–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2011. A record 50 percent of Americans now believe that marijuana ought to be legalized for adult use, according to a nationwide Gallup poll of 1,005 adults. The percentage of Americans favoring legalization is up four percent from 2010. It is the highest percentage ever recorded by[Read More…]
Center for American Progress: Six Guidelines for Tax Expenditure Reform
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2011. Today, as the super committee continues to deliberate their next round of budget reductions, the Center for American Progress released six guidelines for fixing the excessive and expensive system of tax breaks, credits, and loopholes, known as tax expenditures. Every year the federal government spends more[Read More…]
70% of #OWS Supporters are Politically Independent
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2011. Two weeks ago we conducted an anonymous poll on this website to learn more about our visitors. We asked Héctor R. Cordero-Guzmán Ph.D, sociologist of the City University of New York to look at the data, which he analyzed to create an original academic paper titled[Read More…]
Herman Cain’s Plan to Double Your Taxes: More Voodoo Economics from the GOP
Writing for Mother Jones, Kevin Drum first cites USC’s Edward Kleinbard: Now let’s put the three taxes together. Starting with $100 of pretax firm-level gross income available to pay salaries, the employee receives $91 in wages, and the firm pays $9 in "business flat tax." The employee then pays $8.19[Read More…]
CAP Experts Dismantle the Right’s Alarmist Rhetoric Around High-Performing Students
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Today the Center for American Progress released a column dismantling claims that federal school accountability efforts are hurting our nation’s best and brightest students. A recent report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute claimed that the nation’s efforts to close achievement gaps by focusing on improving[Read More…]
Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest 5% of Americans Cost the U.S. Treasury $11.6 million every hour
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- This in today from Jo Comerford, Executive Director of the National Prioriteis Project, on how much the Bush tax cuts are harming the nation’s economy: National Priorities Project, with support from Citizens for Tax Justice, has launched www.costoftaxcuts.com. A rolling counter depicts the amount of money lost to[Read More…]
Meltdown: After the Fall (Video)
The fourth and final part of Al Jazeera’s Meltdown, "After the Fall." Excellent, excellent, excellent.
