So what are the solutions to our economic problems? They’d better be good. The Bush Administration left us with an enormous mess. In January of 2009, the first month of the Obama Administration, 779,000 people lost their jobs. The average number of jobs lost in the first quarter of 2009, was 753,000….per month. The American [...]
Entries Tagged as 'jobs'
The Failure of Conservative Economics Part VII — Solutions
April 16th, 2013 · Comments Off · Economics, Politics, Populism, Social Security, The Budget, Wall Street
Tags: conservative economics·international trade·jobs·Keynesiansim·Neo-Fascism·the budget·the national debt·unemployment
Moving to the Left
November 15th, 2012 · 1 Comment · jobs, Politics, Populism, taxes
If you are a Populist, you should not think that the elections on November 6, 2012 solved anything. We elected a President and Senators and House members. But they were not all Populists. Until we elect officials who are dedicated to the will and the common good of the People, much remains to be done. [...]
Tags: jobs·taxes·the 2014 elections·voter supression·Wall Street
The High Cost of Neo-Fascism
February 15th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Democracy, Health Care, Human Rights, Labor, Politics, Populism, Social Security, taxes, The Budget
At the very outset, let’s restate our definition of Neo-Fascism. Even if you do not agree with our definition of the current Republican Party being Neo-Fascist, you will at least know why we make that contention. Remember, Populism is the opposite of Fascism. Populism is a political theory that says that everything starts with the [...]
Tags: Corporatism·deficits·Health Care·health care reform·jobs·national debt·Neo-Fascism·Neocons·Neoconservative·Neoconservative obstruction·Republican obstruction·Right Wing Propaganda·unions
Here Comes the Election Year Propaganda
January 27th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Economics, Health Care, jobs, Labor, Politics, Populism, taxes
If you think you have been lied to before…you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. It’s an election year and therefore the amount and the degree of inaccuracy of Republican statements will increase, and already have increased, exponentially. Here are just a few examples. Both Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have blamed Barack Obama for the lack [...]
Tags: Bush recession·Class warfare·Corporatism·Economics·Health Care·health care reform·health insurance·jobs·national debt·Neocons·Neoconservative obstruction·Neoconservative propaganda·Politics·Republican obstruction·Right Wing·Right Wing Propaganda·stimulus·unemployment
Jobs and the Current American Economic Disaster
October 13th, 2011 · Comments Off · Capitalism, jobs, Politics, Populism, Wall Street
Since the Fall of 2008, the U.S. economy a dynamic enterprise of about $15 trillion dollars, as measured in employment, has fallen by about 8 million people. There were already about 7 million people unemployed, or 7% by the end of 2007, a roller coaster ride up and down after the Clinton Administration when unemployment [...]
Tags: jobs·Neocons·Neoconservative obstruction·Neoconservative propaganda·unemployment
Senator Junior from Illinois Responds
August 19th, 2011 · Comments Off · Politics, Populism
A Letter on August 18, 2011 to a citizen from Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois in response to the citizen’s letter concerning the recent debt increase fiasco. (And the citizen’s response in all capital letters.) Knowing of your interest in the recent spending debate, I am writing to update you on my recent vote in [...]
Tags: Anti-Obama rhetoric·anti-Obamacare·jobs·Medicare·Neocon failure to create jobs·Republican filibusters·Right Wing lobbyist-pandering Neocon Senators·Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois·Social Secuirty·the debt level increase
Taxes and Stimuli, 101
August 15th, 2011 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, Economics, Politics, Populism, taxes, The Budget
So many stupid theories abound today, tossed back and forth between the billionaire-paid politicians and their paid think-tank economists, that it is hard to go a single day without shaking your head so hard that your hat falls off. The fact is that there are always only two explanations. Let me explain the two explanations [...]
Tags: Clinton economy·Clinton jobs·Holtz-Eakin lies·jobs·Neocon lies·Republican tax cuts·tax cuts·tax cuts and jobs·tax increases
Capitalism Versus Patriotism
July 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Capitalism, Politics, Populism, taxes, The Budget
American workers have been kicked around by industry for about 30 solid years now. Unions have been crushed, jobs sent to India and China despite the fact that American workers are more educated, have moved to find jobs as often as possible. In the meantime, health insurance companies have left 47 million mostly middle and [...]
Tags: Economics·jobs·Neocon obstruction·Neoconservative propaganda·Right Wing
National Debt Solution: Create Jobs. Repeal Tax Cuts. Nationalize Energy
May 16th, 2011 · Comments Off · Economics, energy, Politics, taxes
It is time for a reality check. It is far beyond time for a reality check. We are standing on the edge of a giant precipice and we are about to fall out of the kind of society that we have built over about 250 years. We are about to fall into the abyss of [...]
Tags: budget cuts·jobs·nationalize energy·oil and gas drilling·outsourced jobs·Republican tax cuts
On Raising Taxes and Restoring the Dream
April 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, Economics, Politics, taxes, Wall Street
We have all benefited from lower taxes in the years since 1980. So we can’t simply say that the rich have benefited. We all have lower taxes than we otherwise would. Of course, the more money you make, the more you are taxed. So the rich, even at these lower rates, pay more by far [...]
Tags: balancing the budget·growing the economy·jobs·Neocon budget proposals·Obama budget proposals·tariffs and trade·tax cuts·tax increases
Paul Ryan and the Right Wing Budget to Oblivion
April 7th, 2011 · Comments Off · Politics, taxes
Representative Paul Ryan recently announced the Republican long-term budget plan. He calls it, jokingly perhaps, “Path to Prosperity.” It is a roadmap to hell for the American Economy, the security and solvency of the American family, and the democratic political system of the United States. Ryan’s plan is to make himself a hero by leading [...]
Tags: austerity programs·government shutdown·jobs·national debt·Neocon Budget Proposal·Path to Prosperity·Paul Ryan·Republican budget proposal
















