Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2011. Today the Center for American Progress, or CAP, released a report that looks at the issues districts face when they attempt to design fair and transparent school funding systems. “Funding Education Equitably: The ‘Comparability Provision’ and the Move to Fair and Transparent School Budgeting Systems” by[Read More…]
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Who Is G. Edward Griffin, Glenn Beck’s Expert On The Federal Reserve?
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- On his Fox News show, Glenn Beck presented author G. Edward Griffin as a credible authority on the Federal Reserve. But Griffin has an extensive history of promoting wild conspiracy theories, including the notions that HIV does not exist and that cancer is a dietary deficiency that can[Read More…]
The Economic Impact of Legalization vs. Deportation in Arizona
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2011. Yesterday the Center for American Progress and the Immigration Policy Center released the report “A Rising Tide or a Shrinking Pie: The Economic Impact of Legalization Versus Deportation in Arizona,” by UCLA professor Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda and CAP’s Marshall Fitz. The joint CAP and IPC analysis reveals[Read More…]
Cut Spending in the Tax Code: Wasteful Tax Expenditures Are Fertile Ground for Deficit Reduction
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2011. Our nation needs jobs, a strong and competitive economy, and deficit reduction. The way to win that trifecta is not the House of Representatives’s continuing resolution for the remaining seven months of fiscal year 2011—a bill panned by a wide range of economists from across the[Read More…]
Race and Beyond: Every (Black Man) an Obama?
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2011. Almost immediately after Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States, conservative pundits quickly shifted gears from predicting calamity to heralding the dawn of a post-racial society. Ah, if only it were so. It’s a cruel jujutsu of politics and sociology to listen[Read More…]
GOP Detainee Bills Represent Return to Bush Policies
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2011. Today, the Center for American Progress released the column, “GOP Detainee Bills Represent Return to Bush Policies,” by Ken Gude, Managing Director of the National Security and International Policy Program, discussing the extreme provisions in the House and Senate GOP bills relating to detaining terrorists and[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, March 11, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2011. The Wisconsin state Assembly approved a bill ending collective bargaining rights for most of the state’s public employees on Thursday, as state legislators passed Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s explosive proposal, 53-42. Thousands of furious protesters had already streamed to the Capitol when Senate Republicans passed the[Read More…]
Race and Beyond: Majority Minority Toddlers
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 9, 2011. Cold, hard facts are unassailable, but often are disregarded. Such ignorance comes with looming peril. Here’s a pair of textbook examples. Fact one: The U.S. Census Bureau reported last month in its annual data dump on children and school enrollment that 49.9 percent of all three-year-olds[Read More…]
Public to Scott Walker: Don’t Take Away Collective Bargaining Rights!
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2011 By Ruy Teixeira I reported last week on the public’s opposition to taking away collective bargaining rights for state workers. This week the signals from the public are even clearer. Poll after poll rolled in with the same basic finding—taking away collective bargaining rights is unacceptable[Read More…]
The Real Heroes of the 1998 Budget Surplus: Clinton and His Economy
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2011. When Bill Clinton took office in January 1993, the federal budget deficit was projected to be $310 billion that year, or about 5 percent of GDP. The Congressional Budget Office was also projecting that five years later, in 1998, the federal budget would still be in[Read More…]
