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 [...]
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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
The Failure of Conservative Economics Part VI – Our Current Problems and Why
March 26th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Capitalism, Economics, Politics, Populism
We have talked about the problems with our economy. We have discussed how they have been caused by a cynical use of failed economic policies by Republican politicians backed by billionaires and giant corporations. But one person sticks out to us as analogous to the entire period of Neo-Conservative dominance of the weak American mind. [...]
Tags: Economics·national debt·Neoconservative·Politics·tax cuts for the rich·unemployment
Homeless in Seattle…and Lakewood…and Reno…and more…
August 28th, 2012 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Economics, Human Rights, jobs
Tent cities are growing all over the country. Over 47 million people now live below the poverty line. There are growing numbers of tent cities, surrounding over 55 American metro areas. Hundreds live in squalor in the Taco Flats area of Fresno, California. Others live in tents in the woods near Ann Arbor, Michigan. On any [...]
The Son-in-law Senator from Wisconsin
February 23rd, 2012 · 1 Comment · Capitalism, Economics, Media, Politics, Populism, taxes, The Budget
The nice thing about “stupid” is that you don’t have to make anything up or manipulate anything or try to exaggerate anything…stupid is as stupid does. Rarely, however, do public men who are so stupid that you wonder how they can tie their shoes allow their stupidity to show up in the clear, bright glare [...]
Tags: Bemis·Corporatism·Curwood·Neocons·Neoconservative obstruction·Neoconservative propaganda·PACUR·Republican obstruction·Right Wing Propaganda·Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin·tax cuts for the rich·tea party·tea party candidates·unemployment
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
OCCUPY AMERICA!
October 26th, 2011 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Culture, jobs, Labor, Politics, Populism, taxes, Wall Street
The last big show of Populist sentiment in this country was when the people of Wisconsin stood up against an oppressive Governor and a neo-Fascist Republican legislature who wanted to dismantle the state government, give away tens of millions of dollars in tax breaks to wealthy business owners, and pit one average middle class family [...]
Tags: Corporatism·health insurance industry·Neoconservative obstruction·Neoconservative propaganda·President's jobs bill·Right Wing·tax cuts for the rich·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
Class Warfare…The Battle to Destroy the Middle Class
August 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, Economics, jobs, Labor, Politics, Populism
A dentist from Naperville, Illinois called a talk show in Chicago. “I’ve invested $400,000 in starting a dental practice and the government won’t let me do it.” “What?” says the host, “The government? What do you mean?” “I’m competing with the government for workers. I’m looking to hire several people at $25 an hour and [...]
Tags: class warfare by the Right·Republican class warfare·the Neocon attitude toward workers·the Republican Rich·The Super-Rich·unemployment·unions·wages
Truth and Consequences
May 18th, 2011 · Comments Off · Corporations and Industry, Health Care, jobs, Politics, taxes
From time to time we may begin to drop in a little digest of Right Wing lies and other assorted items you may be able to use to set the record straight. Why Are Some Companies and States Getting Waivers from the Health Care Reform Bill? Mona Charen, a Right Wing writer for the Right [...]
Neocon Republicans and the Super-Rich
December 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Politics, taxes
Now that the Neocon Republicans have shown us their colors in the bright light of day….no tax cuts for the lower 98% of Americans unless they can have huge tax cuts for the top 2%…we can get on about our business. They have made it clear who they are and whom they favor. Here is [...]
Tags: jobs·Neocon Republicans·Neoconservative tax cuts·poverty·tax cuts for the rich·unemployment
Glenn Beck Attacks Unions
October 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitalism, Economics, jobs, Labor, Media, Politics, taxes
Glenn Beck, the supposedly middle class hero, turns out to be a hollowed out Tin Man. Lately, we noticed that this self-style man of the people likes to attack unions, who are merely organizations of people…not hugely wealthy individuals or giant corporations…who assemble together to get good wages for the hard work that they perform. [...]
Tags: Add new tag·Americans for Prosperity·Employee Free Choice Act·Glenn Beck·jobs·Koch family·Neoconservatives·Right-to-Work states·unemployment·unions
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 [...]
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