Making Labor Less Expensive Helps Firms Hire

Climate Change And Dependence On Foreign Oil Are Problems That Won't Go Away On Their Own. Tabling Plans To Deal With Them Doesn't Make It Easier For Companies To Plan And Invest; It Makes It Harder.

I Think Where I Differ A Little Bit, We Absolutely Have To Think About The Deficit Looking Down The Road. And Certainly That's Something The President Has Said That We Need To, As The Economy Recovers, Have A Plan In Place For Getting It Down.

A Successful Argument For A Government Manufacturing Policy Has To Go Beyond The Feeling That It's Better To Produce 'real Things' Than Services. American Consumers Value Health Care And Haircuts As Much As Washing Machines And Hair Dryers.

Fewer People Working Means Permanently Lower Tax Revenues.

Most Arguments For Instituting Or Raising A Minimum Wage Are Based On Fairness And Redistribution. Even If Workers Are Getting A Competitive Wage, Many Of Us Are Deeply Disturbed That Some Hard-working Families Still Have Very Little.