Roger Hickey
| Hometown: | Washington, DC |
| Interests: | An Economy for All, Health Care for All, New Energy, The Big Con, Quality Education, Real Security, Social Security, America's Future Now, Invest In America, Progressive Vision, Revitalizing Democracy |
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Roger 's Voice
- May 15, 2012 - 12:49pm
The following was drafted for delivery at the Protest The Fiscal Summit demonstration outside the Peter G. Peterson Fiscal Summit in Washington on May 15.
- May 13, 2012 - 11:25pm
On Tuesday, May 15, one of America's wealthiest men, Peter G. Peterson, will use his foundation's money to lecture the rest of us about why the federal deficit is the most serious problem facing our country.
- April 27, 2012 - 11:09am
House Republicans are trying to snooker the public with a vote today, around 12 PM ET, on a sham student loan bill. We need you to call House switchboard at 202-225-3121 NOW, ask for your representative and say "Vote No."
- April 6, 2012 - 3:39pm
This is big: Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist, will address the “Take Back the American Dream” conference in June.
Krugman, author of the new book, “End This Depression Now!”, will break down what you and I have to do if we are to force Washington to finally take bold action to create millions of jobs.
- March 19, 2012 - 6:49pm
On Tuesday House Republicans, led by Budget Committee chair Paul Ryan, will unveil a suicide pact in the form of a new budget that ignores the clear views of the majority of Americans – and which, if they embrace it almost unanimously, as they did last year’s similar Ryan Budget, will put a gun to the head of Republican attempts to keep control of the House – and then pull the trigger.
- November 29, 2011 - 1:23pm
Republicans have slashed public investment and blocked the President's American Jobs Act. With 14 million Americans officially unemployed and many millions more having given up finding jobs, you would think Republicans would support two measures they have backed in the past that would help middle-class Americans. But will they?
- November 21, 2011 - 11:50pm
The reason members of the Super Committee didn’t reach an agreement is that Republican members insisted on damaging cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicare – AND they wouldn’t budge from their refusal to roll back tax cuts for the richest 1% of Americans.
- November 16, 2011 - 4:13pm
Politicians beholden to the 1% are trying to evict the Occupy movement, from Wall Street and elsewhere around the country.
Meanwhile, in Washington, the “Super Committee” threatens to cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, while protecting tax cuts for the 1% — and ignoring the need for jobs.
- November 3, 2011 - 3:31pm
Last night, The Thom Hartmann Show hosted Roger Hickey, who delivered a warning to the Democrats of the "Super Committee" who are threatening to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits, that they are risking their electoral chances in 2012. Watch it below.
