by Dave Johnson | May 28, 2014 | Blog
A recent AP "big story" tries to explain why CEO pay soaring and everyone else's is stagnant or falling. It says more than it intends about the state of our economy and our governing system. AP's "The CEO Got A Huge Raise. You Didn't. Here's Why," by Josh Boak boils...
by Dave Johnson | May 27, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority
At last week's New Populism conference, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) talked about how the multinational corporations rig the game against working people. "Why are trade deals secret? ... because if the American people knew what was going on, they would be opposed."...
by Dave Johnson | May 23, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision
After Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) gave her rousing speech at the New Populism Conference Thursday, she, of course, was asked if she was going to run for President. (The crowd was chanting "Run, Elizabeth, Run!") Warren replied, "I am not running for president,"...
by Dave Johnson | May 21, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Populist Majority, The New Populism
Word is there's an economic recovery going on. But approximately 99 percent of us have no reason to believe that. The public sees that the government bailed out the biggest banks and that the "recovery" is going really well for a very few people. But most Americans...
by Dave Johnson | May 19, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
For decades we’ve been subjected to constant propaganda that government is inefficient, bureaucratic and expensive. We’re told that the answer is to “privatize,” or “outsource” government functions to private businesses and they will do things more efficiently and...
