by Bill Scher | Feb 24, 2015 | Blog
According to Republicans, President Obama is failing to protect us from terrorism because he refuses to label terrorists organizations like ISIS as perpetrating "radical Islamic terrorism," preferring to say these terrorists are "perverting Islam." Sen. Ted Cruz...
by Bill Scher | Feb 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Obama, Warren Team Up Against Wall Street "Obama picks a fight with Wall Street banks" over retirement planner rule. The Hill: "With Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) by his side, Obama announced Monday at AARP’s Washington headquarters that he is moving ahead with new...
by Bill Scher | Feb 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Republicans Governors Consider Taxes Some Republican governors pushing tax hikes to balance budgets. Bloomberg: "Governors in about 10 states, many led by Republicans, are proposing increases this year ... Several plans involve raising fuel taxes to pay for crumbling...
by Bill Scher | Feb 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Walmart Goes To $10 An Hour Walmart raising its wages. NYT: "...all of its United States workers would earn at least $9 an hour by April and at least $10 by next February. Some labor advocates, however, who are demanding $15 an hour for service workers, called the...
by Bill Scher | Feb 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Greece Stalemate Continues Germany rejects Greece's request for loan extension. Bloomberg: "The Greek government is trying to agree bridge-financing without meeting the conditions of its existing rescue program, German Finance Ministry Spokesman Martin Jaeger said in...
