by Dave Johnson | Dec 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Did the "stimulus" work? Republicans claim it was a failure, a waste of money, and was the reason the deficit soared. So let's see what happened. And I do mean "see." (Actually, the deficit soared in Bush's last budget year -- all the way to $1.4 trillion! The...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 10, 2013 | Budget Talks, Unemployment Benefits
Unemployment benefits run out at the end of December for 1.3 million long-term unemployed. President Obama's Saturday address called for an extension of the benefits, but apparently some Congressional Democrats don't think this is worth taking a stand that risks...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Today is a national day of action to support public education. Across the country parents, educators and more than 100 community groups are coming together for this National Day of Action to Reclaim the Promise of Public Education: Our Schools, Our Solutions. This is...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 6, 2013 | Democracy, Making it in America, Trans-Pacific Partnership
This is an urgent warning that the country's big-corporate elite are about to try to push something called "Fast Track" Trade Promotion Authority through Congress, in preparation for pushing through the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) corporate "investor rights"...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
The U.S. Census Bureau's Bureau of Economic Analysis released trade deficit figures this morning. We don't even bother to describe this as releasing trade figures anymore. In October, the overall U.S. international trade deficit in goods and services dropped a bit to...
