17 Feb 2012
Where is the blueprint for the 46 million people in poverty?
Earlier this week, President Obama released his budget proposal for 2013. Much of the coverage has focused on deficit reduction. A CNN article critiqued the budget for doing too “little to reform the entitlement programs that pose the biggest long-term threat to the federal budget.” If even the progressive Center...
16 Feb 2012
This week, President Obama announced his $3.8 trillion budget proposal for the 2013 fiscal year. At 256 pages, the President’s proposal calls for $1.4 trillion in revenues for the highest income earners, as well as slashes the federal deficit by $4 trillion over the next 10 years.
The President’s budget proposal has three clear objectives: strengthening our middle class, protecting...
22 Feb 2012
Consumer Message to Honda and Hyundai :
Latinos Stand By Your Cars and Now They Must Stand By Latinos
Rallies to be held at Dealerships in Key American Cities
Foreign auto makers know a good customer when they see one. In 2010, seven out of 10 new vehicles bought by Latinos were Asian brands. As the Latino share of the population goes up each year, so does the communities share of...
21 Feb 2012
For boomers, it's a new era of 'work til you drop'
From the Associated Press
When Paula Symons joined the U.S. workforce in 1972, typewriters in her office clacked nonstop, people answered the telephones and the hot new technology revolutionizing communication was the fax machine. Symons, fresh out of college, entered this brave new world thinking she'd do pretty much what...
