JOBS BILL

SMALL BUSINESS
Jobs Are an American Issue, Not a Republican or Democratic Issue
By Kay Koplovitz, Contributor
Founder, USA Network; Chairman and CEO, Koplovitz & Co
I am also a product of the middle class whose only real path to success was through my education, my imagination and my ability to execute. Honestly, these values I believe are basic human values and basic American values. That's why I believe in a strong middle class.
BUSINESS
Why Credit Unions Matter
By Gary Oakland, Contributor
President & CEO, BECU
Credit unions serve more than 90 million Americans and play a key role in supporting our economic recovery. Unfortunately, current law imposes requirements which unfairly penalize healthy credit unions for growing to meet the needs of their members.
POLITICS
Golden Calf Conservatives
By Cliff Schecter, Contributor
Best-selling Author, Public Relations Consultant, Daily Beast ...
CHICAGO
The GOP's Ongoing Lack of Respect
By Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and Rep. Robert E. Andrews, Contributors
All American presidents deserve respect, and all American voters deserve candidates who will confront bigotry, and not sit in convenient silence when it rears its ugly head.
POLITICS
If You Feed Them They Breed -- And Other Dehumanizing Conservative Idiocy We Should Ignore
By Dave Johnson, Contributor
Fellow, Campaign for America's Future
Conservatives are throwing out every argument against helping the economy to see if any of them stick. The latest nonsense they are spreading is that helping the unemployed keeps them from finding jobs.
POLITICS
Senator Thune's Response to Center's Report Doesn't Hold Up
By James R. Horney, Contributor
Director of Federal Fiscal Policy, Center on Budget and Policy...
Thune argues that the large cut in budget authority he proposes for FY 2010 wouldn't impair the functioning of the federal government because agencies could spread out its effects over several years. This is incorrect.
GREEN
Job Creation Begins at Home
By Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Contributor
CEO, Green for All
While job creation is the number one national priority at the moment, climate change threatens not only the health of the planet, but our economic viability as well. The solution to both is a clean energy economy.