Working Families » News http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org Vote your Values: New York’s liveliest and most progressive political party. Formed by a grassroots coalition of community organizations, neighborhood activists, and labor unions, we came together build a society that works for all of us, not just the wealthy and well-connected. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:06:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en Columnists and Economists: We Need Roosevelt, Not Hoover http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/krugman-and-economists-we-need-roosevelt-not-hoover/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/krugman-and-economists-we-need-roosevelt-not-hoover/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:40:20 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1736 Could Albany be bleeding the economy dry just as President-elect Obama tries to inject fresh blood?

Yesterday, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman joined the growing chorus of economists warning that  Obama’s much-needed economic stimulus measures could be partially undone if America’s…

]]> http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/krugman-and-economists-we-need-roosevelt-not-hoover/feed/ An iTunes Tax?! http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/an-itunes-tax/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/an-itunes-tax/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:21:14 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1709 Take Action >>

Seen the details of Gov. Paterson’s proposed budget?

There are dozens of regressive taxes — on sugar, on car registrations, on health insurance, on clothes, on going to the movies, and even a tax on downloading music.  In total,…

]]> http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/an-itunes-tax/feed/ WFP Responds to Gov. Paterson’s Budget http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/wfp-responds-to-gov-patersons-budget/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/wfp-responds-to-gov-patersons-budget/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:08:43 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1696 WFP Director Dan Cantor was a guest on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show today discussing Gov. David Paterson’s unfair budget proposal. On Tuesday, the Governor offered a budget that raises billions in taxes on the middle class, makes devastating cuts to…

]]> http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/wfp-responds-to-gov-patersons-budget/feed/ POLL: New York Demands Fair Share Approach to Budget Crisis http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/poll-new-york-demands-fair-share-approach-to-budget/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/poll-new-york-demands-fair-share-approach-to-budget/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:39:13 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1668 Contact:  Dan Levitan

According to a poll conducted by Kiley & Company, and commissioned by the Working Families Party, the vast majority of New Yorkers are in strong opposition to the planned cuts by Gov. David Paterson and are in strong…

]]> http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/poll-new-york-demands-fair-share-approach-to-budget/feed/ Courant: Working Families Party Has Major Goals http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/courant-working-families-party-has-major-goals/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/courant-working-families-party-has-major-goals/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:52:35 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1658 The Hartford Courant profiles the up and coming Connecticut Working Families Party.  Worth a read:

Jon Green, state director of the Working Families Party, poses with Sarah Hambrick, left, and Urania Petit, co-chairwomen of the Working Families State Committee. Green says the state campaign-finance law is not overly burdensome to minor-party candidates. (MARK MIRKO / HARTFORD COURANT / December 8, 2008)

Jon Green, state director of the Working Families Party, poses with Sarah Hambrick, left, and Urania Petit, co-chairwomen of the Working Families State Committee. Green says the…

]]> http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/courant-working-families-party-has-major-goals/feed/ David Sirota: Those other elections http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/david-sirota-those-other-elections/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/david-sirota-those-other-elections/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:13:50 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1570 Syndicated columnist and author David Sirota takes a look today at the importance of down-ballot races for building progressive power.  It’s a strategy, as Sirota notes, that the WFP has used to build real power for working people here in New York:

Those…

]]> http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/david-sirota-those-other-elections/feed/ Working Families Party picks up political steam - New Haven Register http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/working-families-party-picks-up-political-steam-new-haven-register/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/working-families-party-picks-up-political-steam-new-haven-register/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:33:11 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1566 The meteoric rise of our sister party in Connecticut doesn’t stop, and the press is starting to take notice.  They didn’t get everything right (for example - the WFP has proven that it does bring in new voters, even when it cross-endorses),…

]]> http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/working-families-party-picks-up-political-steam-new-haven-register/feed/ Obama on the WFP Line and Other Results http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/11/victory-obama-on-the-wfp-line-and-other-results/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/11/victory-obama-on-the-wfp-line-and-other-results/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:06:39 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1557 our amazing growth only continued in 2008]]> http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/11/victory-obama-on-the-wfp-line-and-other-results/feed/ Op-Ed: To help stop budget bleeding, raise taxes on the rich http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/11/op-ed-to-help-stop-budget-bleeding-raise-taxes-on-the-rich/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/11/op-ed-to-help-stop-budget-bleeding-raise-taxes-on-the-rich/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:48:26 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1501 Working Families Party Executive Director Dan Cantor argues the merits of raising taxes on millionaires to help close New York’s budget gap in an op-ed today in the Daily News:

To help stop budget bleeding, raise taxes on the rich

By Dan…

]]> http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/11/op-ed-to-help-stop-budget-bleeding-raise-taxes-on-the-rich/feed/ Fact Check: What Happens When Income Taxes on the Rich Are Raised? http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/11/fact-check-what-happens-when-income-taxes-on-rich-are-raised/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/11/fact-check-what-happens-when-income-taxes-on-rich-are-raised/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:40:26 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1465

Studies Buck Claim of Millionaire Tax-Flights

WNYC’s Bob Hennelly highlights a New Jersey study showing a half-millionaire’s tax there did not cause the rich to leave the Garden State.

A very helpful new fact sheet from the Center for Working Families debunks some…

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