Middle Class Squeeze

Blowback: New Evidence The Health Tax Is Unfair, Unwise ... and Could Be Political Suicide

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Middle-Class Squeeze, Excise Tax, Cadillac Tax, Health Reform, Senate Health Bill, Health Benefits, Deepak Chopra, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

The silver lining, according to many economists who support the Cadillac insurance tax, is that employers will then take the money they're not spending on health care and give it to their workers as wages. That's probably wrong.

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A Personal Appeal: The Middle-Class Health Tax Must Be Stopped

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Union Benefits, Middle-Class Squeeze, Tax Policy, Tax Inequity, Middle Class, Excise Tax, Health Reform, "Cadillac" Tax, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

The so-called (and misnamed) "Cadillac tax" is unfair and unwise. It's also a political landmine for its supporters, and a political goldmine for those who oppose all health reform.

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Middle-Income Families Can Slip Through Cracks of ECE Policy

James Mejia | Posted 11.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Early Childhood Education, Education, Pre-K, Middle-Class-Squeeze, Early Learning Challenge Fund, Middle Class, Preschool, Denver News
James Mejia

Early childhood education is again on the minds of our elected officials. Last month, the House passed the Early Learning Challenge Fund, which gives states a chance at $8 billion in competitive grants.

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The War on Labor Day

Elana Levin | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Middle-Class Squeeze, Labor, Take Back Labor Day, Employee Free Choice Act, Labor Day, Corporations, Trade, Middle Class, Corporate Power, Unions, Nafta, Workers Rights, Politics News
Elana Levin

Bill O'Reilly talks about "The War on Christmas," and while that concept has been widely lambasted I'm here today to sound a different alarm -- that there is truly a War on Labor Day.

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