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Alton Drew’s career in public policy analysis and formation spans twenty years in Florida, Georgia, and Maryland state governments. Alton looks forward to sharing his love for policy by educating readers through his writing.

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Centrists versus citizens looking for the best solution

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Last Sunday's announcement that Democratic senators were considering dropping the controversial government-run...
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Obama, the banks, bailouts, and the recession

Monday, December 14th, 2009 · 1 comment

President Obama today tried to personally persuade thirteen bank chief executive officers that it was time for them...
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Sorry, Bernie Sanders but you are the one who is obscene

Friday, December 11th, 2009 · 1 comment

On Thursday, Business Week reported that the venerable investment bank Goldman Sachs announced that it was...
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Geithner found some extra TARP money so what do we do with it?

Thursday, December 10th, 2009 · 2 comments

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that the Troubled Asset Relief Program is projected to provide...
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Maybe the congressional black caucus should start criticizing its own self

Thursday, December 10th, 2009 · 5 comments

It seems that the Congressional Black Caucus has decided to stop being "on the down low", and show their...
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The public option: bowing to democrat centrists is not leadership

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

I have never heard the term "centrist" mentioned so many times over the past 24 hours. As the New York...
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The employed need to spend, spend, spend

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 · 3 comments

Listening today to President Obama's speech before the Brookings Institute, I was hoping for some sort of...
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Unemployment fell so where are the Republicans?

Friday, December 4th, 2009 · 7 comments

Imagine the surprise some Americans experienced this morning when the U.S. Department of Labor announced that...
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Obama does not want ill-considered jobs recommendations

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 · 1 comment

President Obama today gave opening remarks to 130 business leaders, union leaders, and representatives from...
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Shouldn't a jobs summit have the unemployed on the guest list?

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

You will get no argument from economists and unemployed individuals that the labor market has failed. Fixing the...
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