by Bill Scher | Jan 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
"Why Wages Won't Rise" Robert Reich explores "Why Wages Won't Rise": "... there's reason to believe the link between falling unemployment and rising wages has been severed ... it's easier than ever for American employers to get the workers they need at low cost by...
by Bill Scher | Jan 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Warren Defeats Weiss Sen. Warren wins as Antonio Weiss abandons Treasury nomination. HuffPost: "Weiss, who had initially been nominated as undersecretary for domestic finance, has instead accepted a job as a counselor to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, a post that...
by Bill Scher | Jan 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Populism Roils Both Parties Both parties, strategizing for 2016, recognize populist wave. W. Post: "Presidential hopefuls in both parties agree on at least one thing: Economic mobility, and the feeling of many Americans that they are being shut out from the nation’s...
by Bill Scher | Jan 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
BREAKING: December Jobs Report 252K new jobs in December, reports Labor Department: "Job gains occurred in professional and business services, construction, food services and drinking places, health care, and manufacturing ... The unemployment rate declined by 0.2...
by Bill Scher | Jan 9, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Health
One of the first bills passed by the new Republican House after being in session for three days was the "Save American Workers Act of 2015" – and by "save" Republicans meant saving 1.5 million workers from the burden of having health insurance. The Republican bill...
