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Category: Budget

A Message to the President and Congress: Listen to America!

November 8, 2012

By Donna DeLaCruz

The 2012 elections show that Americans want President Obama and Congress to strengthen the middle class, put people back to work, embrace prosperity economics over austerity, and protect essential retirement…

Why is Poverty Taboo in the Presidential Campaigns?

October 9, 2012

By Kathleen Tresslar

A lot of important issues were discussed during the first presidential debate. President Obama and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney were eager to discuss the middle and upper class, but…

What’s the Matter with the Middle Class?

September 24, 2012

By Sean Thomas-Breitfeld

Last week, “class” was in the news. But – as usual for most all of our political discourse – the focus was on the struggles of the amorphous “middle” class,…

Peter Edelman talks, “So Rich, So Poor: Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty in America”

May 24, 2012

By Alesia Lucas

Peter Edelman sat down with Democracy Now! to discuss his new book, “So Rich, So Poor: Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty in America.” Currently, one in every two…

Kasich, The Puppet

July 11, 2011

By Julia Clunn

While some of us may still have hope that Democrats will hold their ground against GOP determination to cut Social Security and other entitlements, Ohio residents are struggling against their…

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