By Nathan Jackson Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is leading a charge of merry CEOs to Washington DC, mocha in hand, to say to our elected leaders, “Hey Congress! Cut more social services and give us rich guys more money.” They have a more subtle way of saying it, but that’s the primary message of the…
by Nate Jackson The latest report put out by the Department of Labor showed that 200,000 new jobs were created in the month of December. This was better than expected, but we still have over 5 million people who have been unemployed for over 27 weeks, the named “long term unemployed.” This is unacceptable and…
by Nate Jackson What do you call a man who snatches away the things that bring us joy? The Grinch. Monday morning a group of 99%ers gave a wake up call to a 1% local area “Grinch” named Kemper Freeman. Freeman is a Bellevue real estate mogul who throws around money to political campaigns and…
In his address to a joint session of Congress last Thursday, President Obama showed the leadership we need to get America back to work. Now the burden is on Congress to honor America’s long tradition of innovation and hard work by creating the good jobs for all Americans. To create more jobs right now, the President unveiled…
The Congressional Super Committee should invest in America By Nate Jackson The Congressional Super Committee, with Washington’s own Senator Patty Murray as a co-chair, is charged with finding $1.5 trillion dollars in the Federal Budget before the end of November. The money can be from revenue, spending cuts or some combination of the two. We believe that…
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Unemployment is still rising, and most of Congress isn’t paying attention. Rep. Adam Smith is one of the good ones. He wants to hear from you about the effects of joblessness on your family and your community. Join us on Monday, August 22nd at Highline Community College to have a conversation with Rep. Smith about…
by Nathan Jackson When you buy something, you pay for it. Somebody forgot to tell Congress that. With all this talk about debt, default and ceilings one of the most important questions has been ignored: how will this affect you? Political posturing has become the story of the day, with negotiations being reported like sports…
