economy

DNC Video: "The #GOPSequester: Defenseless"

President Obama talks about reducing gun violence, fatherhood at Hyde Park Academy, February 15, 2013

President Obama delivers remarks at the Daimler Detroit Diesel Plant. December 10, 2012.

You don't have to be an economist to know what $2,000 means to middle-class families. Share your story at http://www.whitehouse.gov/My2k or on twitter using the hashtag #My2k

Acclaimed author, Berkeley professor, and Clinton-era Secretary of Labor Robert Reich lays out the what, why and how of the Fiscal "Cliff", the showdown in Congress that Republicans created to demand painful cuts in vital domestic programs in exchange for raising taxes on the top 2%. Learn the facts, and the best way out of this forced showdown.

"Highly-paid CEO's are in town to tell America how to avoid the 'fiscal cliff.'

President Obama makes a statement about the action we need to take to keep America's economy growing, while at the same time reducing our deficits. November 9, 2012.

President Obama was in Hilliard, Ohio where he shared how he'll fight for the middle class and how we've come to far to turn back now.

Vice President Joe Biden shares how President Obama shares the values of the Catholics and why it's important for you to vote to help re-elect him for a second term. For all the information that you need to vote, go here: http://OFA.BO/RYmaYy

We hear a lot about our debt. And it is a pressing issue. But where did it come from? Michael Linden, the Center for American Progress's Director of Tax and Budget Policy, looks at what happened in the 10-years since the Congressional Budget Office projected a massive surplus.