When we look at the past year and a half since President Obama and his staff have come to office, we can only shake our heads and wonder. We wonder whether the United States of America is headed for its final hour, for an era of disgrace and shame and stupidity beyond the fall of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'the economy'
The Rich Are Winning
August 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Culture, Media, Politics
Tags: Neocon oligarchs·Plutocracy·tax policy·the economy·the top one percent of income earners
A Populist Plan to Restore the Economy
August 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitalism, Economics, jobs, Politics, Populism
This will short and to the point. This is a simple plan to handle a simple problem. Yes, it is not as complicated by a factor of 1000 as the Neoconservative Republicans in Congress and all their Right Wing radio commentators and corporate-sponsored lobbying “think tanks” like Cato, Heritage, AEI and others too numerous to [...]
Tags: a populist plan·an economic plan to restore the economy·creating jobs·jobs·Neocon economics·Neoconservatism·Politics·Populism·restoring the economy·the economy·the Great Bush Recession·the recession·unemployment
Budget Cuts–Coming After Your Social Security
June 20th, 2010 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Economics, jobs, Lobbying, Media, Politics, taxes, Wall Street, wars and militarism
It is time to pay attention to the Peterson Commission. And you had better pay attention and tell your friends and have them tell their friends. Because the Peterson Commission is coming to get your Social Security. Not yours…yours. Yes, you there, the relatively young person who is about to start gathering funds to retire. [...]
Tags: budget deficits·government cost-cutting·the economy·the Great Recession·the Peterson-Pew Commission·The Presdent's Commission on Reducing the Federal Budget Deficit
The Economy Is In Big Trouble—Part II, Our Diminished Future.
February 12th, 2010 · Comments Off · Economics, Politics
To understand your life in the future, you must understand that what happened in the last 8 years, particularly in the last year of the Bush Administration, as described in Part I, is irreversible. We cannot go back and sue all those Tom DeLays or Dick Cheneys, or even whatever number of Democrats joined in [...]
Tags: Bush recession·corporate campaign contributions·deficits·Economics·future of the economy·health care lobby·health care reform·jobs·Neocon obstructionism·Supreme court and corporate campaign contributions·the economy·the national debt·unemployment
The American Economy In Big Trouble–Part I, Background
February 11th, 2010 · Comments Off · Economics, Politics
A little history. In 2000, George W. Bush was elected President of the United States and took over in January 2001. Within days of taking office, Richard Cheney had already held a meeting concerning energy, which to an oilman means oil. He had a meeting on drilling for oil. Not here in the United States, [...]
Tags: economic recovery·jobs·the Bush economic collapse·the economy·the future of the economy
It’s About Jobs…and the Economy…and How We Got Here!
January 26th, 2010 · Comments Off · Economics, jobs, Politics
Americans need jobs. Yes, you can say that the Gross National Product has increased a certain amount or fallen back a certain amount. You can say that our exports have risen as a percentage of our Gross National Product. You can say that the index of home values has risen against the year-over-year index. You [...]
Tags: Add new tag·Bush tax cuts·government spending·jobs·manufacturing·national debt·stimulus·the economy