Spare Change? The Stimulus And Bailouts Are Too Valuable

Almost absent from the dominant discussion of the federal stimulus package (and bailouts) is any attempt at progressive change that goes beyond the surface of ‘what we buy.’ I spoke yesterday about tying taxpayer expenditures to a living wage - but I’ve been thinking about this type of thing for a while agreeing with Matthew Yglesias’ sense of “enormous progressive opportunity” in the federal spending. What I lacked was some sort of comprehensive policy to latch on to - so I went searching and Read the rest ...