Do you have a utility bill or a credit card bill that’s going to cost you extra if you don’t get it there on time? It costs you that because businesses like utilities and financial institutions make part of their income by doing things on time. You are asked, even warned, to make your payment [...]
Entries from October 28th, 2011
ALEC’s Plan to Take Over State Governments
September 28th, 2011 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Lobbying, Politics, Populism
The economic problems of the United States are not complicated nor are they insolvable. They are the result of actions taken by a few in Congress at the behest of a smaller group yet who have been able to buy government. So, we, as citizens in much larger numbers, can correct this mistake by voting [...]
Tags: ALEC and collective bargaining·ALEC and cutting state health care·ALEC's Plan to take over state governments·cutting state government·Republican governors·The Corporations fund ALEC legislation for states
The Parable of the Thieves
September 24th, 2011 · Comments Off · Culture, Politics, Populism
——————————————– 1-60-220 President, Senate, House of Representatives. Democratic in 2012 Nothing is more important, no matter who you are. Save America. ——————————————– When reason fails, people fall back on superstition. The American society has long worked under the rationale that hard work creates abundance and abundance may solve all our earthly ills. When that logic, [...]
Tags: Bush Plan to ruin America·Democracy·Neocon Anti-government actions·Neocons·Neoconservative obstruction·Republican obstruction·tea party
To Find a Job, Fire a Republican
September 23rd, 2011 · Comments Off · Capitalism, jobs, Politics, Populism, taxes
————————————————————————— Remember the goal: 220-60-1 for 2012. Two-hundred and twenty Democratic House Members, Sixty solid Liberal Democratic Senators and a Democratic President. This is the minimum we need to create jobs, restore economic balance, create a secure social safety net, affordable health care and balance our budget. If we do not achieve this, we face…literally [...]
Tags: creating jobs·how to create more jobs·jobs·Neocon plans to kill social security and medicare·playing politics with jobs·Republican Congress obstructing jobs
“Red Tape” Is a Republican Red Herring.
September 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Economics, Health Care, Politics, Populism, Wall Street
———————————————————————————————— From now on, until the elections of 2012, every post will be lead by the following statement: Nothing proposed or examined here will be changed so long as there are Republican majorities in the House of Representatives and less than 60 Democratic Senators in the Senate. The Republicans…Tea Party or otherwise…all work for the [...]
Tags: health care reform·Koch family·Koch pollution·Neocon obstructionism·pollution and politics·regulation red herring·Republicans want to rid the Kochs of the EPA·why regulations are good
Fascist Republicans Stealing Votes
September 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Politics, Populism
What is the essential element in a free society? It is the independent, uninfluenced, unimpeded opportunity to vote for the candidate of your choice. You may be influenced by media or by an organization or by friends or a political party to vote a certain way. But if the candidate turns out to be a [...]
Tags: Kasich steals votes·Neocons·Neoconservative obstruction·Neoconservative propaganda·Politics·Republican Governors trying to steal votes·Ric Scott Stealing votes·rigged elections·Right Wing repressing the vote·stealing the vote·Tea Party attempts to steal votes·unions·voter repression
Southerners Are Being Taken for a Ride
September 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Corporations and Industry, Economics, General, jobs, Labor, Politics, Populism
The Republicans, and the Tea Party founders, the Koch Family and about 30 other millionaire donors are taking the South for a ride. People know about being “taken for a ride” in Chicago. You see, in Chicago, there were always some good boxers and a bunch of good football players. But, over time, there were [...]
Tags: claims about jobs in Texas·claims about the Texas Miracle·Governor Perry of Texas·minimum wage jobs·poverty by state·Southern bigotry·the Republican South·the South and jobs·the South and racism
Why Regulations Are Important
September 5th, 2011 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, jobs, Labor, Lobbying, Politics, Populism
Rusty Billingsley was an ironworker who loved horses and loved his job. He was employed at the massive Las Vegas City Center project, a two-year, $9.2 billion development, the largest privately funded real estate development in this country’s history. Billingsly was sober, skilled, healthy, agile, and highly trained. He was welding a piece of reinforcement [...]
Tags: anti-regulation atmosphere·construction deaths·corporate anti-regulatory plan·dangers in the workplace·Neocon anti-regulation agenda·Neocon obstruction of regulations·OSHA failures·Republican anti-regulation agenda·Republican anti-worker agenda·why regulations are important·workers rights