Congress finally passed some support for state budgets to make sure there are enough teachers as school opens. Kind of “yay.” We accomplished this by planning to cut food stamps starting in 2014. This comic succinctly captures the essence of our national experience since the summer of 2007 when all…
Yesterday the minority in the Senate ended the chances that the Extender’s Bill would pass the Senate. While 57 Senators – a clear majority – wanted to do the right thing a determined minority used procedural votes to force mass layoffs of teachers, firefighters, and police across the country (300,000-500,000).…