Tag: economy

“America’s billionaires could pay for a major Covid relief bill and still not lose a dime of their pre-virus riches.”

Despite all the arguments in our own society against socialist systems, this sort of system could include the best parts of capitalist systems.

Biden’s Build Back Better campaign will make commonsense investments in U.S. manufacturing that put millions to work and ensure a reliable, high-quality supply of critical goods.

While Americans are suffering, these politicians in the Senate don’t lack for anything. In this Congress more than half of its members are millionaires.

Unless strong and meaningful action is taken now, including major social investments and a Green New Deal-style program, the Covid-19 crisis will make an already dire economic situation much worse.

Major irony: the perceived, 2016 “change” candidate was and is utterly incapable of change.

The pandemic highlighted the essential work that nursing home staff members perform—and the necessity of treating them as essential workers from now on.

We must “shift from an economy that is extractive and exploitative to one that regenerates and repairs,” the new report says.

Right now, one person—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell—stands in the way of America’s fight against COVID-19.

lifting these financial burdens would help individual debt holders meet daily needs, reduce the racial wealth gap, and give a boost to the national economy.