Economy

Over the summer, I took eight-year-old PunditGirl to see the Meet Kit, American Girl movie.

For the uninitiated, Kit is the Depression-era girl whose dad loses his job, moves away to look for work and the family ends up taking in boarders and keeping chickens to sell eggs to make ends meet.

I am consulting for an environmental organization in Oakland called Green For All. I am helping the group spread the word on a new book by Green For All’s founder and president Van Jones.

Barack Obama says the way to help out the average American is with tax cuts and credits.