tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51574022012-01-26T02:10:31.773-05:00Rise Up Economics is a progressive plan to ensure economic security by providing a basic income to all Americans. It will stimulate the economy, eliminate poverty, protect the middle class, and help change work as we know it.RiseUpEconomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08353415035755403796noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157402.post-16801194247904219532011-03-21T17:13:00.000-04:002011-03-21T17:13:20.729-04:00

Letter on Basic Income Delivered to President Obama in Brazil  While in Brazil this past weekend, President Obama was personally handed the following letter (below) from the US Basic Income Guarantee Network by Brazilian Senator Eduardo Suplicy, in support of a basic income. The basic income is a progressive public policy that calls for a guaranteed annual income to be provided to all

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MLK's Other Dream: Economic Justice and a Guaranteed Annual IncomeMartin Luther King Jr.'s dream of racial equality is close to being a reality. Racism still exists and people of color still face many obstacles, but as our first black President's approval ratings soar after his masterful response to the shooting in Arizona, it is MLK's other dream, of economic equality and justice, that is

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Middle Class is Dying, and How We Can Save ItToday's Washington Post profiles people who have dropped right out of the middle class: The stock market has rebounded. Corporate profits are soaring. And yet, for millions of Americans, the lingering legacy of the Great Recession is a Great Slide, as job losses, declining home values and decimated retirement savings have knocked them down the

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Why the Republicans Won: Progressives Don’t Have an Answer to the Jobs CrisisWe had a Democratic President, majorities in the House and Senate, and a mandate to do something about the worst economy since the Great Depression. What went so wrong that millions of independents ran straight into the arms of the Republicans? The answer is that there was nothing done while Democrats had control of

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Wash Post business writer accidentally hits on the biggest problem in American economy There was this amazing nugget today by Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein: It is only in the world of Chamber of Commerce propaganda that businesses exist to create jobs. In the real world, businesses exist to create profits for shareholders, not jobs for workers. That's why they call it capitalism

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Give the (oil, gas, lithium) revenues directly to the peopleAn interesting story this morning on NPR about an idea to make sure the people in Afghanistan and Africa benefit from lithium, oil, and other natural resources that have been found there: give the revenues directly to the people. From the NPR piece: Afghanistan's big deposits of lithium, copper and gold have some economists

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New Jobs Report Shows We Need to Re-work "Work"The new jobs report is disappointing. Well, what else is new? Here's a reality check: There's not enough jobs for everyone. There never was, and there never will be. The problem is exacerbated now during this deep recession, but there have always been millions of people who can't find work. We need to re-think the whole concept of having a job,

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Robin Hood was Right Robin Hood had its world premier last night at the Cannes Film Festival and could be a major summer blockbuster. As this timeless story comes back into our cultural consciousness, I'd like to take a moment to propose that the progressive community embrace this character as one of our own and think about how we can develop the Robin Hood ethos into a coherent progressive

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A New Economic Philosophy for the Left: Rise Up EconomicsI believe that what's missing from the Democratic Party and the left in general is a cohesive economic philosophy that could guide our policies and present a compelling vision of the future to the general public, allowing us to build a real movement for change.While President Obama's election was an important victory, he doesn't provide us

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A Bailout for the PeopleThere's a lot for progressives to be happy about after the first month of the Obama Administration. His stimulus plan provides funding for much-needed infrastructure repairs and green collar jobs. His budget provides a down payment towards health care for all and boosts spending on education. He has restated his commitment to the Employee Free Choice Act, which will allow

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MLK and the Dream of Economic Justice for AllGreat op-ed in Monday's Los Angeles Daily News by Al Sheahen, a long-time advocate for the guaranteed annual income: http://www.dailynews.com/editorial/ci_11486358?source=emailSheahen writes:"In his 1967 book, "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?" the Rev. King wrote, "I am now convinced that the simplest solution to poverty is to abolish it

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It's Time for a Permanent Stimulus PackageAs the Obama transition team prepares a serious stimulus package for passage in January, it's time to consider whether this should be a one-time only deal, or a consistent, long-term tool for stimulating the economy, rebuilding the middle class, and addressing the vast economic inequality in America.Many pundits are now warning the incoming Obama

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How Obama and the Dems are missing the boat on taxesOur job is to push the Democratic Party to the left. Why is it that the strongest tax proposal we have out there is to simply let the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy expire? The wealthy must pay their fair share!The Right had the guts to propose and implement an economic policy that on the face of it was absurd: give more money to the rich, and it

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How the Democrats Can Win the Tax IssueThe Republicans own the tax issue. It is the source of their power and their popularity with voters, especially the independents and "Reagan Democrats" who usually give them their margin of victory on the national level. Ask any American which party is most likely to cut their taxes, and there will be no hesitation: the Republican Party.Ask any American what

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We Need an MLK Memorial Stimulus PackageAs the 40th anniversary of the assasination of Martin Luther King grows near, it's ironic that our nation's leaders have moved forward with a stimulus package that puts money directly in the hands of everyday Americans.Forty years ago, MLK was calling for just that--but not a one-time influx of cash to jumpstart an economy on the brink of recession. He

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Tax cuts for the wealthy have led to cuts in health care and education, state budget crises, a ballooning federal deficit, and an overall crappy economy.Are you tired of being trickled on?There's got to be a better way, right?Instead of trickle down, why not Rise Up Economics?Let's make the millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share in taxes and use the money to help average working

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