State Unemployment Paints a Bleak Picture for July 2012 Economic Populist ... North Dakota is the place to get a job, clearly, their unemployment rate is an astounding 3.0%...
Paul Ryan Supported Economic Stimulus Under Bush: ‘You Have To Spend A Little To Grow A Little’ Think Progress ...George W. Bush proposed a similar — if less ambitious — stimulus plan to the one President Obama signed in 2009…Ryan took to the House floor to defend this plan, accurately noting that additional government spending would help move the economy out of a recession...
Ed Gillespie: Romney would rapidly remove 65 and 66 year olds from Medicare Brad DeLong ...Booting 65 and 66 year olds off of Medicare within the next five years of so seems like bad policy--65 and 66 year olds, especially post-retirement, do not fare well in a health insurance market without the Affordable Care Act's guaranteed issue, and Romney promises to repeal that...
Marcy Wheeler: The Grey Lady Falls Off the Balance Beam emptywheel ...Snyder’s preference not to face the dilemma of vetoing or approving a right to work law probably has as much to do with the political calculation that it would be very difficult to win another statewide election in MI if he antagonized labor...
Ohio Republicans finally admit limited hours intended to suppress black voters Plunderbund ...“I guess I really actually feel we shouldn’t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine,” said Doug Preisse, chairman of the county Republican Party and elections board member who voted against weekend hours...
Revel's rocky launch Philadelphia Inquirer ...Revel has failed thus far to grow the gambling market here (in Atlantic City), and despite massive state subsidies it is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy...
