Liz Iacobucci is the former Public Information Officer for the State Employees’ Association of New Hampshire, SEIU Local 1984. Over the past three decades, she has served in government at the federal, state and municipal levels; and she has worked for both Democratic and Republican politicians.
Can You Feel It? Workers Standing Together In Strikes Across The Country
Something’s happening out there.
- Last week, fast-food workers at mor..Read more
Who thinks we should feed hungry Americans?
REMINDER: The 21st Annual "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive is today, Sat..Read more
Profit margins from cheap clothing? Or worker safety? Where are our priorities?
Yesterday, there was yet another fire in yet another garment factory near Dhaka, Bangladesh. This time eight people died, including the factory’s managing director and a top police official. <..Read more
Workers Memorial Day: Bangladesh reminds us why we mark the day
Who cares about hungry families? Maybe not the Senate – but your letter carrier does
Congress is getting really good at pulling together just-after-the-last-minute political deals. The latest deal passed the Senate unanimously last night. (What? No filibuster?) Apparently
..Read more Meanwhile, down in DC, Simpson and Bowles Work To Wreck Social Security
It’s probably going to get lost in today’s news, now breaking out of Boston, but… ..Read more
For all those in Boston today…
Barry Goldwater explains: why Chained-CPI is such a big, hairy deal
Back in 1958, Barry Goldwater explained his opposition to a bill this way: "If th..Read more
What a choice! One year of investment tax cuts equals 10 years of Social Security cuts?
Budgets are all about choosing priorities. And here’s one choice: chained ..Read more
The House GOP Is Acting Like Teenagers, As President Obama Submits His Budget
This Wednesday, President Obama is expected to file his budget proposal for the next fiscal year. Are you wondering why his budget is expected to include
- chained-CPI Social Secur..Read more
“We say no…”
For most Christians, today marks Good Friday. It also marks 105 days since the deaths at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
If Congressman Ryan Could Save $161 Billion A Year, Would He? The Answer May Shock You
The one video every Republican, Democrat and Independent must see!!!
More than 200 people rallied at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard yesterday to ..Read more
Thomas Perez: What are they so scared of?
Yep, they w..Read more
Who’s counting? Corporate tax breaks are almost twice the Sequester cuts
Why is the House GOP obsessed with the Keystone pipeline?
So… President Obama met with the House GOP yesterday, trying to find common g..Read more
How many times can the Republicans count the same money toward the budget?
- Back in 2001, the Bush Tax Cuts were supposed to be temporary. All the old tax laws were supposed to kick back in, starting in 2011. The fact that all those “old taxes” were going to co..Read more
Is there still a line between “government” and “business”?
I’ve been reading through that 2009 Interim Report to Congress about de..Read more
Fund the Government?
House GOP protects corporate interests, insteadThe House has passed a bill to keep the federal government from shutting ..Read more
Create your own job? NH Senate gives initial approval to “Pathway to Work” bill
Earlier today, the NH Senate voted 21 to 3 to initially approve ..Read more
How do we get an economy that works for the 99%?
What Does The GOP Stand For? Why Are More Republicans Not Pushing Back Against Their Current Direction
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Sequestration to cost State of New Hampshire
more than $6 million in federal fundingThe White House has released fact sheets showing state-by-state impacts of the automatic budget cuts known as “sequestration”, which are scheduled to go into effect on Friday. This year alone, st..Read more
The Republicans Make an Offer on Sequestration
GOP House members have clarified their position on what they’re willing to “compromise” in order to avoid sequestration. From ..Read more
Another stalemate?
Or a chance to save the economy?The days are ticking by, as our federal government heads toward sequestration (March 1st) and a possible shutdown (March 27th). House Republicans have drawn the same ..Read more
GOP House members still in a “fighting” mood?
Could be very costly.Hoping for bipartisan cooperation, now that the election is over? Think again. The weekend before the inaug..Read more
Why Are GOP Politicians Agreeing With Al Gore?
Can someone explain this to me? Why are GOP politicians suddenly agre..Read more
Think you have union rights? What Happens if there’s no NLRB?
Earlier today, ..Read more
Less than a month to go! Republicans are chasing wild geese while the federal government heads toward default
There’s less than one month to go until the federal government can’t fudge its deb..Read more
Dr King Continues To Inspire Us To Reach For The American Dream With Equality For All
What can I say about one of the greatest teachers of our time? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not only our country’s greatest civil ..Read more
Yep, They’re Still Trying to Privatize the Post Office.
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Only Two Months until the NEXT Congress-Created Crisis
Late last night, one-third of House ..Read more
Adding ‘Headroom’ to the Debt Limit? Thank our Federal Employees and Postal Carriers
A few days ago, ..Read more
In One Chart: What Happened to the Middle Class
This chart, by British economist Andrew Smithers, shows how the nation's income has been distribu..Read more
According to Bush Economists: His Tax Cuts Don’t Really Improve the Economy
Another thing to remember, as you’re watching the Fiscal Cliff negotia..Read more
The Magical Math of Boehner’s Congress: tax cuts don’t ‘cost’ anything
Another thing to remember, as you’re watch..Read more
Speaker Boehner’s ‘New Offer’ is ‘to make top 2% tax cuts permanent’?!?
Was House Speaker Boehner joking?..Read more
Fiscal Cliff: Who is “entitled” to what?
Something else to remember, as you’re watching news coverage of the Fiscal Cliff negotiations: The tax r..Read more
Sheldon Adelson: One Man’s Influence Over America’s Politics
Remember Sheldon Adelson, ..Read more
Another thing that went wrong in the Bush Economy
Watch this employer-recruitment video produced back in 2004 by the National Corrections Industry Association in partnership with the US Department of Justice:
Two Things to Remember
As our country heads toward the fiscal cliff, Republican Congressional leaders are going to be talking a lot a..Read more
Changing the Rules of the Game
In Congress – as in wrestling – sometimes the rules make the all the difference in who wins or loses. That’s why the upcoming fight over the Senate filibuster means..Read more
Looking Over the Fiscal Cliff
Congress returns to Washington DC today – but “fiscal cliff” negotiati..Read more
The Cost of Cheap Clothing
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65 Years Later: Time to Start Healing the Divide
It has been nine years since Sen. Ted Kennedy first filed the..Read more
This Thanksgiving (and every Thanksgiving) Unions Are Giving Back
The “union-avoidance” ind..Read more
What Mitt Romney Taught Us about America’s Economy
Mitt Romney ran on his record as a businessman. But over the summer, when bloggers and journa..Read more
Telling the Truth About Unions And Hurricane Sandy
Have you heard the story about non-union utility crews getting turned away, after Hurricane Sandy? The story isn’t true ..Read more
Using Retirement Funds to Balance the Budget
Up here in New Hampshire, we have some e..Read more
Promises, promises…
A lot of promises were made, back when the Bush tax cuts were first enacted. ..Read more
Tax Policy: Time to go Back to the Future?
Remember what it was like, back in 1952? The nation’s
..Read moreTeamsters: On the Ground, Cleaning Up After Sandy
Unions are about standing together and taking care of each other – and since Hurricane Sandy took aim at the Eastern Seaboard two ..Read more
Will GOP Leaders in Congress Really Negotiate? Or are they Aiming for Impasse?
Less than 18 hours after Tuesday’s election results were in, H..Read more
399 Days Without Action on American Jobs Act
Today marks Day 399 of the Senate filibuster of President Obama's ..Read more
What happened on Wall Street Today?
Many of us with 401(k)s were watching today's stock market slide. Today's drop was the biggest one-day loss in more than a year. What happened? Here's how the Wall Street Journal expla..Read more
Mitt Romney’s Auto Industry
Rally in Manchester tomorrow -- Monday, November 5th -- details below!
So, is Mitt Romney lying – or just confused?
Last week, ..Read moreNashua-area Residents — Learn More about Peggy Gilmour
The race for Senate District 12 is a re-match of the 2010 election. Two years ago, when the Republicans' Tea P..Read more
Political side-story of the week
News from Harvard Business School! 65% of students at Harvard Business School support Ba..Read more
Money, Money, Money!
Two years ago, the Supreme Court decided that corporations could spend unlimited..Read more
Remember What Happened after Katrina
Remember this mobile billboard, used in protests after Hurricane Katrina? Grover Norquist..Read more
Calling all women! (and the men who care about them)
Feeling in a bind, lately? Read the real story of how Mitt Romney got all those binders-full-of-women ..Read more
CACR 26: We need to keep those ‘Checks and Balances’
On election day, Granite Staters will not only choose who will lead us for the nex..Read moreCACR 13: Putting New Hampshire in a Financial Straightjacket
[caption id="attachment_5419" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Photo by Joseph Sawicki[/caption] On election..Read more
Going Behind the Rhetoric on Public Employee Pensions
Wow. Last week there was yet another out-of-state special interest group trying to tell New Ha..Read more
More Tax Cuts? Or Keep Social Security?
Something to keep in mind while you are watching tomorrow night's debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan: Back in 2001, then-President George Bush pushed through a package of “t..Read more
Top 10 Reasons Why New Hampshire Doesn’t Want a Governor who is “Scott Walker on Steroids”
The New Hampshire Republican Party has invited Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to keynote the state Republican ..Read more








