Tag Archives: Economic Growth

Third Way: Staff: Ready For The New Economy

Source: Third Way: Staff: Ready For The New Economy The Democratic economic agenda for 2016 needs to be both different and better than the Republican economic agenda. (assuming either party offers one) For Democrats to retain the presidency and do … Continue reading

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VOA News: Video: Mil Arcega: US Economy Adds 215K Jobs in July

</a> <a href=’http://thenewdemocrat1975.blogspot.com/2015/08/voa-news-video-mil-arcega-us-economy.html#.VcU77pTK8NY.wordpress’>VOA News: Video: Mil Arcega: US Economy Adds 215K Jobs in July The fact that the Federal Reserve is considering raising interest rates, tells me as a non-economist that the American economy is starting to do well. That … Continue reading

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The Hill: Congress: Keith Laing: Senator Bernie Sanders: $1T Infrastructure Bill Would Be Cheaper Than Iraq War

The Hill: Congress: Keith Lainge: Senator Bernie Sanders: $1T Infrastructure bill Would be Cheaper Than Iraq War This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on WordPress Bernie Sanders wouldn’t be Bernie Sanders if we wasn’t proposing things like … Continue reading

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The New Democrat Network: Corey Cantor- Comparing The Economic Records of The Last Two Democratic and Republican Presidents

  Source: The New Democrat Plus Facts can only sound partisan when they clearly lean in favor of one party or the other. But there’s nothing partisan about the truth. The fact is since 1989, the American economy has done better … Continue reading

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Slate: Opinion: Jay Porter: A Small Business Owner’s Care For Raising the Minimum Wage: Better Living Standards, Better Competition

Slate: Opinion: Jay Porter: A Small Business Owner’s Case For Raising the Minimum Wage, Better Living Standards, Better Competition The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger … Continue reading

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The New America Foundation: The Weekly Wonk- Justin King- Senator Ron Wyden Wants Children’s Savings Accounts: Building Wealth & Economic Capital in America

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat I somewhat covered this last week with a blog on retirement and unemployment accounts for people so they can save for retirement and not have to burn those accounts when they … Continue reading

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VOA News: Video: President Obama Looks For a Political Comeback in 2014

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger What President Obama and Democrats need to do is to switch the national political focus to the economy. On issues like unemployment, Unemployment Insurance, a minimum wage increase, … Continue reading

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The White House: Video: Weekly Address: Ensuring 2014 is a Year of Action to Grow The Economy

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger With the weak December jobs report President Obama should be calling for a huge infrastructure investment bill somewhere in the hundreds of billions of dollars. And even call … Continue reading

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The White House: Video: President Obama Speaks on Extending Emergency Unemployment Insurance

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger The Democratic path to victory in 2014. It’s the economy stupid and make 2014 the Democratic economic vision vs. the Republican economic vision. Middle out bottom up economics … Continue reading

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VOA News: Video: Washington Week: Focus on US Unemployed

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Here’s an idea that even Republicans could support especially since one of them proposed it when he ran for president a couple of years ago. And still talks … Continue reading

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