Yes, it is. However, the “pay-go” system is one that a progressive House of Representatives will have to get rid of. The reasons for this are (1) the system is […]
Here is the best answer to the question posed in the title. I invite every progressive political candidate to use it in 2018 and future elections. Article I, Section 8 […]
Periodically, as reaching the debt ceiling approaches, a spate of articles and posts appear in the mainstream media warning about an impending government financial crisis, and doing so in a […]
Much of the leverage conservatives and Republicans have over our fate is due to the belief most people hold that federal deficits, the national debt, and the GDP ratio are […]
It’s important for Real Progressives to “know thine enemy.” Peter G. Peterson has been an enemy of the social safety net since he first appeared in Washington, DC during the […]
The video below discusses the concept of the Public purpose with Steven D. Grumbine of Real Progressives. The focus of the video is on the meaning of the idea and […]
Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, along with his current allies in Congress, and among lobbyists, suggest that he is likely to break his frequently stated campaign promises that, if elected, he […]
This book is about a counter-narrative to austerity politics. It exposes its fallacies, and, I hope, its closed-mindedness and futility. It also offers a way out of austerity politics. That […]
We need big, big changes in the United States. Many of them will require the Federal Government to spend unprecedented amounts, including deficit spending to enable us to solve problems […]
This is how the mission of the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform was defined by the White House on February 18, 2010: The Commission is charged with […]