Summit On Jobs And America's Future

In connection with the March 10, 2011 "Summit on Jobs and America's Future," we are posting articles that highlight bold solutions to the nation's unemployment crisis and making the case for why these crisis responses are justified. Get involved by echoing these themes and holding elected officials accountable for their response.


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The Lesson Of The 2010 Election Was Jobs, Not Cuts

By Dave Johnson
March 28, 2011

What was the lesson of the 2010 election? Since the election conservatives and the DC opinion elite have been claiming that the public voted for budget cuts. But before the election they ran ad after ad saying Dems cut your Medicare and didn't provide jobs. Now every single poll shows that the public wants jobs not cuts. more »

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Progressives Have The Winning Argument On Jobs

By Isaiah J. Poole
March 18, 2011

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Cutting Government Creates Jobs Like Cutting Taxes Increases Revenue

By Dave Johnson
March 17, 2011

A "report" from Republican staff of the Joint Economic Committee says that the path to job creation is cutting ... the very things that create jobs. This is like saying that cutting taxes increases revenue. We know how that worked out, and the job-consequences of budget cuts are going to be just as disastrous. more »

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Van Jones: A Ladder To Climb

By Dave Johnson
March 11, 2011

Van Jones gave an inspirational closing talk at yesterday's the Summit On Jobs & America's Future in Washington D.C. Beginning by talking about the Tea Party movement and how that movement really points a path for progressives to feel encouraged instead of discouraged. Seriously.

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LA Mayor Villaraigosa Discusses America Fast Forward At Jobs Summit

By Dave Johnson
March 10, 2011

Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles, talked today at the Summit On Jobs & America's Future in Washington D.C. Villaraigosa described the bipartisan America Fast Forward initiative from the National Conference of Mayors. more »

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Jobs And Economic Justice Tour Launched

By Isaiah J. Poole
March 10, 2011

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Rep. Keith Ellison discusses his plan for a "jobs and economic justice tour" in cities nationwide.

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Top Tweets From The #JobSummit

By Bill Scher
March 10, 2011

The Summit on Jobs & America's Future is still underway, but here are the best Twitter posts from the conference, so far:

@mpiscatella: @villaraigosa: I was a latch key kid my child care program was a library. we need to accelerate investment in infrastructure more »

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Rich Trumka At Jobs Summit: "Channel This Uprising Into A Movement" For Jobs

By Dave Johnson
March 10, 2011



• "I can’t remember when we decided to downsize our middle class. When was it we decided to downgrade our living standards? I don’t remember that!" more »

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Backstabbing Unions? Cutting Jobs? Today, We Stop The Insanity.

By Bill Scher
March 10, 2011

By 3:30 PM ET, the U.S. Senate had voted on two competing government operations bill this fiscal year. Both would cut spending. more »

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Republican Senate Leader Makes Case For More Stimulus

By Dave Johnson
March 9, 2011

At TPM, in Republicans Struggle To Square Spending Cuts With Job Losses, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell explained why we need more stimulus: more »

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