Not the wars. Not greenhouse gasses. Not even the deficit. The issue most important to Americans is jobs.
Despite that, jobs failed to make an appearance in the State of the Union address.
The talk was all about business. Business was doing better. Business needed taxpayers to help pay for research and innovation. Business will get government help to eliminate pesky regulations. more »
Everybody knows that Social Security helps grandma pay her grocery bill, but many forget that it does much more. Social Security survivors benefits are still the largest and most generous life insurance program in the country--insuring 98% of American children against the loss of a parent. For the family of an average worker who is married with two children, Social Security is the equivalent of a private life insurance policy worth nearly $500,000. I was reminded of how important Social Security survivors benefits are by a shocking statistic in the news. USA Today reported last Friday that the number of Americans purchasing life insurance has reached its lowest point in 50 years.
Unions are popularly known as "the folks who brought you the weekend." In contrast, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has the distinction of trying to take away the weekend--along with overtime pay, the minimum wage, Buy America rules, workers' freedom to form unions, child labor standards....The list is long and ugly. more »
Yesterday, I looked at what Michael Moore's call for a democratic economy would mean at the national level. Today, I wanted to look at what it means at a smaller scale, at individual workplaces and for the values that each of us carries around. more »
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