Middle Class

Obama: 1 (month), Poverty: 0 (mentions)

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Welfare, Poverty, Food Stamps, Middle Class, President Obama, Eitc, John Edwards, Obama Transition, Democrats, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Politics News
Elizabeth Rigby

In his first month as President-elect, Barack Obama has remained silent on the issue of poverty. Across more than 30 public statements since electio...

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Obama Drops Campaign Promise to End Contracting Abuses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Fortune 1000, Raytheon, Small Business, Lockheed Martin, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Fortune 500, Windfall Profits, Middle Class, Home Depot, General Dynamics, Dell Computers, Rolls-Royce, Barack Obama, Small Business Administration, Xerox, John Deere, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The surprisingly low priority Obama has given small business issues on his websites is a clear indication this is not going to be a pro small business administration.

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ASBL States, "Obama Drops Windfall Profits Tax for Oil and Gas Industry"

Chris Gunn | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Small Business, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Oil, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, American Small Business League, Windfall Profits Tax, Video, Business News
Chris Gunn

The American Small Business League (ASBL) released the following video via YouTube this morning.

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Obama Drops Windfall Profits Tax for Oil and Gas Industry

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: change.gov, Small Business, Transition Team, Barack Obama, American Small Business League, Economy, Middle Class, Politics News
Lloyd Chapman

President-elect Obama has removed any reference of his promise to implement a windfall profits tax on the oil and gas industry from the Obama-Biden Transition Team website.

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Playing Offense for the Employee Free Choice Act

Mary Beth Maxwell | Posted 12.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Politics News, Work, House, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, President Elect Barack Obama, Labor, Chamber of Commerce, Middle Class, Election Results, Senate, Barack Obama, President Elect Obama, Economy, Home News
Mary Beth Maxwell

This week, American Rights at Work launched a substantial nationwide television ad campaign. It emphasizes the fact that far too often, CEOs won't wil...

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The Road to Economic Recovery

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jobs, Economic Stimulus Package, Economy, Middle Class, Bush Economy, George Bush, Unemployment, Bush Unemployment, Politics News
Sen. Bernie Sanders

As the Bush administration sputters to an end, the official unemployment rate rose from 6.1 to 6.5 percent in October. In these very difficult economic conditions, doing nothing is not an option.

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Education and Labor Committee Will Work with Obama-Biden Administration to Rebuild and Strengthen the Middle Class

Rep. George Miller | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Committee on Education and Labor, Economy, President Obama, Middle Class, Obama-Biden, George Miller, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Congress, Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Election Results, Politics News
Rep. George Miller

With our country facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and our global leadership at risk, a focus on strengthening the middle class is more important than ever.

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Taxing The Rich Hurts The Middle Class

Grant Cardone | Posted 12.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Tax Cuts for the Rich, Wealthy, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Money, 401k, Economy, Retirement, Middle Class, Property Taxes, Recession, Economics, Economic Crisis, Trickle Down Effect, Working for the Wealthy, Entrepeneurship, Owning a Business, Business News
Grant Cardone

This is not a trickle down argument but basic economics, as it is impossible to penalize any one group without affecting every person in the group.

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Why Do We Hate the Poor?

Alden Loury | Posted 12.05.2008 | Chicago

Read More: John McCain, Poverty, Middle Class, Sarah Palin, Main Street, Joe Biden, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Poverty Debate, Joe the Plumber, Inequality, Chicago News
Alden Loury

John McCain fell in love with Joe the Plumber and proclaimed that we were all like Joe. But no one has stood up so prominently for the millions of Americans who would gladly switch places with Joe.

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Washington Post Story Minimizes Government Contracting Scandal - McCain and Obama Ignore It

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 12.04.2008 | Business

Read More: John McCain, Small Business, Small Business Administration, Washington Post, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

A recent Washington Post story about the diversion of billions in government small business contracts to Fortune 500 firms looks more like it was writ...

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Midnight in the Garden of Reaganomics

Bennet Kelley | Posted 12.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Republican Failed Policies, Barack Obama 2008, Fear Mongering, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Obama Landslide, Infrastructure Repair, Reaganomics, Middle Class, Business News
Bennet Kelley

Fear-mongering may only further prove how out of touch the Republican Party has become with mainstream Americans (or even history itself) as the electorate is increasingly aware.

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Memo to Tom DeLay: Be Quiet, Go Away

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Terri Schiavo, Abramoff, Tom Delay, Middle Class, Terrorist, Obama, Tax Breaks for Elite, Mccain, Delay Calls Obama a Marxist, Muslim, House Ethics Committee, Casino Scandal, Bush, Mccain Tax Breaks, President Clinton, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

DeLay was sanctioned three times for openly favoring lobbyists, misusing a federal agency and attempting to bribe a colleague for a vote. He claimed that Republicans were "bigger than Christ."

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Deer Hunting With Democrats

Nick Penniman | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Video, Democrats, 2008 Election, Obama White Voters, Politics, Middle Class, Obama Middle Class, White Voters, Politics News
Nick Penniman

McCain is inarticulate about the economy, and the Republican brand is more tarnished than it has been in decades.

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McCain, Obama Try To Appeal To Middle Class Fiscal Worries

AP | DAN SEWELL | Posted 11.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Middle Class, Economy, Financial Crisis, Barack Obama, John McCain, McCain Economy, Obama Economy, Business News

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Retired steelworker Claude Cunningham strides into the John McCain campaign office on Main Street and asks for yard signs. "...

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What is the One Question Wolf Blitzer Can Ask Obama He Hasn't Answered Already?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Small Business Administration, Cnn, Economy, Middle Class, Washington Post, Barack Obama, Wolf Blitzer, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

This Friday CNN's Wolf Blitzer will interview Senator Barack Obama (D - IL). CNN is accepting questions from the public. In nearly two years of campai...

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Why Do Republicans Hate Small Businesses?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Bush Administration, John McCain, Rupublican Party, American Small Business, Economy, 23 Percent Small Business Goal, Middle Class, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Since 2003, more than a dozen federal investigations have found fraud, bad policies and a blatant lack of proper oversight in nearly every federal small business program.

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ASBL Recommendations to End Fraud, Abuse, and Loopholes in Federal Small Business Contracting

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Abuse, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Asbl, American Small Business League, Loopholes, John McCain, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The American Small Business League believes that it does not make sense to create new programs when the existing programs that were designed to direct federal contracts to middle class firms have been corrupted.

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When It Comes to Slicing the American Pie, McCain Serves Only the Rich

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Saks Fifth Avenue, Republican National Committee, John McCain, Joe the Plumber, Karl Rove, Poverty, Hank Paulson, Middle Class, Election ’08, Federal Reserve, Drew Griffin, $700 Billion Bailout, Valentino Garavani, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Cnn, Unemployment, Wall Street, Joe Sixpack, Brother’s Keeper, Health Insurance, San Francisco, Paul Krugman, Foreclosure, Ben Bernanke, Socialist, Mortgage Bankers, Stimulus Package, Costco, Wall Street Crash, Financial Crisis, Obama Socialist, Obama Convention Speech, Congressional Bailout, Deregulation, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

McCain and Palin are running around the country pretending the GOP ticket represents the best interests of the working class and small business owners. It's all false rhetoric and no real action.

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SBA Attempts to Minimize Diversion of Billions In Small Business Contracts to Corporate Giants

Chris Gunn | Posted 11.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Business Administration, Small Business, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Contracting, Procurement, Sandy Baruah, Business News
Chris Gunn

The American Small Business League dropped the following press release this morning. In it the league points to the Small Business Administration's e...

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Washington Post Finds Bush Cheated Small Businesses Out of Over Half a Trillion Dollars in Contracts

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Washington Post, Small Business, Small Business Administration, Gao, American Small Business League, Economy, Middle Class, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

During the eight years of the Bush Administration, approximately $448 billion in federal small business contracts have been diverted to Fortune 500 firms and other large businesses.

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Obama Tries to Retract Statement to End Billions in Contracting Fraud

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Small Business Administration, Report 5-15, Economy, Middle Class, American Small Business League, Barack Obama, American Small Business, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Without explanation, presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D - IL) has attempted to retract a statement he made in February of this year pledgi...

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Upper Class Pillaging

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Corporate Responsibility, Wall Street, Economy, Middle Class, Financial Crisis, Credit Crisis, Obama, Obama Middle Class, Upper Class, Capitalism, Class Warfare, Barack Obama, Business News
Mike Garibaldi-Frick

Warren Buffet says, "There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning."

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Taxes Are Not Always A Bad Thing

Jennifer Bernard | Posted 11.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Blue Collar, John McCain, Food Stamps, Barack Obama, Middle Class, Joe the Plumber, Barack Obama Taxes, Poor, Election 2008, Obama Middle Class, Campaign 2008, McCain Taxes, Home News
Jennifer Bernard

The taxes on Joe-the-Plumber's $250,000 bought me my first-grade textbooks when my family was on food stamps. I do not feel guilty that Joe may have had to drink less-expensive champagne that year so that I could have a sandwich for dinner.

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ASBL, 'Obama and McCain Have Policies Joe the Plumber Isn't Going to Like'

Chris Gunn | Posted 11.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Joe the Plumber, Small Business, Business, American Small Business League, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Business News
Chris Gunn

The following press release was dropped by the American Small Business League (ASBL) today regarding the small business plans that have been presented...

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Joe the Plumber's Imaginary Empire

Mike Papantonio | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Small Business, Debate, Tax, Economy, Middle Class, Joe the Plumber, Tax Cuts, Maverick, John McCain, Barack Obama, Politics News
Mike Papantonio

The truth about Joe is that he is not a licensed plumber and he's never made more than $40,000 dollars a year in that trade.

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