by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 27, 2012 | Blog, Economy
There are reports that Congress is at last about to reach a deal on a transportation bill, exactly 1,001 days after the expiration of the last transportation reauthorization bill that Congress passed. What's still unclear is what kind of deal this will be. The right...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 27, 2012 | Blog
It's about time for us to break into the closed-door negotiations in Congress over a surface transportation bill. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is asking people on Wednesday to call their members of Congress to support "transportation equity" in...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 27, 2012 | Blog, Economy
When we had democracy, We, the People made the rules and we ran our country and our economy for our benefit. Now that we are a plutocracy things are different. The reason our elites are not doing anything to fix the economy is because from their viewpoint, things are...
by Bill Scher | Jun 27, 2012 | Blog
Yesterday I discussed Mitt Romney's outsourcing problem with David Pakman on the David Pakman show. The strangest aspect of the Romney campaign strategy is the disconnect between the claim that his business experience is what qualifies him to be president, and the...