Warnings of an Upcoming Retirement Crisis in the U.S.

A retirement crisis may have even more looming effects on the economy, especially because the labor force is widely affected by retirement. This has the potential to disorient the employment pattern for the United States.

Opinion, ColumnsEleanor GoldsteinApril 8, 2024retirement, Retirement, Bernie Sanders, Wealth DisparityComment

The Arguments For and Against the Raise the Wage Act

“Part of the hesitation from Senate Democrats stems from a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released on Feb. 8, which predicts that although the proposed minimum wage increase would lift 900,000 out of poverty, it would also put 1.7 million people out of work and increase the federal deficit by $54 billion.”

NationalAurora CharlowFebruary 21, 2021Bernie Sanders, Minimum WageComment

The Progressive Wing is Splintering Off From the Democratic Establishment

“Progressives have been steadily gaining seats in Congress, and after dutifully falling in line while Joe Biden sought to unseat Trump, they are once again making their criticisms toward the party known.”