Topic: Civilian Conservation Corps
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Robert Reich The 'heart of our economic dilemma': getting American consumers to spend again
The middle class isn't spending because the values of their homes have plummeted, they've lost much of their savings, and their wages are dropping. Reich argues that Obama has a way to correct this, or at least not make it worse.
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Robert Reich Mitt Romney and Obama's big ideas for saving the economy? Not this election.
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are both banking on negative campaigning to get elected. But neither Mitt Romney nor the President are offering any new or bold ideas for rescuing the worst economy since the Great Depression.
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Robert Reich Economy's real problem? The spenders can't spend.
The recovery has been slow, but not because of Europe's debt crisis, Wall Street, or high taxes. American consumers, whose spending is 70 percent of economic activity, don’t have the money to buy enough to boost the economy.
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Veterans jobs corps: beating swords into plowshares?
Veterans jobs initiative, proposed by President Obama, would create 20,000 veterans jobs in public conservation work and cost $1 billion over five years.
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Robert Reich Restoring the basic bargain between the rich and the rest
The deal at the heart of the American economy is that employers pay their workers enough to buy what employers are selling. When we forget that–as we have over the last decade–the trouble starts.
11/29/2011 08:00 pm -
Robert Reich Four ways to restore jobs and prosperity
As long as unemployment remains high, the economy needs boosts, not cuts
11/21/2011 02:00 pm -
Robert Reich Republican debates have lots of viewers, but no answers
Tonight’s Republican debate may attract lots of viewers. It need not capture their minds.
10/18/2011 07:00 pm -
Robert Reich Time for Obama to be bold
If Friday's dire jobs report doesn't prompt the president to unveil a daring new jobs plan next week, what will?
09/02/2011 09:00 pm -
Robert Reich Obama's jobs plan: two choices
Should the president go big and expensive or small and ineffectual?
09/01/2011 05:00 pm -
Robert Reich Budget crisis? No, it's a jobs and growth crisis.
The GOP has everyone convinced that the federal budget deficit is somehow linked to the debt limit, but it isn't
07/28/2011 04:57 pm -
Robert Reich Obama, try this for a jobs plan
Unemployment is rising, and the president's response has been far from adequate
07/12/2011 05:31 pm -
Robert Reich Snake oil, puff balls, and the need for a real jobs plan
The companies represented on Obama's jobs council employ many workers from overseas, and they'll be fine regardless of American jobs numbers
06/14/2011 04:50 pm -
Opinion Disappointed Obama isn't FDR? Let's remember the real deal about the New Deal.
High on hope, supporters heralded Obama as the new FDR. Two years later, many feel disillusioned. But FDR's actual record puts today's gripes about Obama into perspective.
10/15/2010 12:15 pm -
Opinion Dirty jobs: the key to America's economic and environmental renewal
A revival of the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps would create jobs, restore our soil and water to health, and keep climate change in check.
09/20/2010 12:45 pm -
Carl Paladino takes tea party to Andrew Cuomo in NY governor race
Carl Paladino, a millionaire Buffalo developer, rode a wave of conservative tea party anger on his way to delivering another blow to the GOP in a heavily Democratic state. Paladino takes on Andrew Cuomo in the November election.
09/15/2010 10:43 am -
Robert Reich Amidst chaos, Obama must take charge
President Obama should act now to ensure that BP sets aside $5 billion for the Gulf oil spill.
06/08/2010 02:06 pm -
Opinion Five smart ways to rebuild Haiti
Haiti doesn’t need a Marshall Plan imposed by global elites. It needs improved conditions that empower all its people.
02/18/2010 03:23 pm -
Long to-do list for new US parks chief
10/28/2009 01:00 am -
Snapshot of US political parties since 1900
How the balance of power has shifted between the Republicans and Democrats.
08/18/2009 01:00 am -
Mass. looks to forests for renewable energy source
Dubbed “biomass energy,” the push to help wean the state off coal-burning plants by incinerating trees and wood has the backing of state officials and many environmentalists.
08/17/2009 01:00 am -
A history of presidential visits to Yellowstone National Park
08/15/2009 01:00 am -
Like past presidents, Obama celebrates the grandeur of Yellowstone
It's also a chance for the president to see how national parks - likened to Europe's cathedrals - need political and fiscal support.
08/15/2009 01:00 am -
The New Economy Obama speeds past his stimulus critics
04/13/2009 01:00 am -
Nothing to Fear
A new book peels back the legend to examine FDR’s first 100 days.
01/20/2009 12:00 am
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