by Dave Johnson | Oct 9, 2013 | Blog
A week ago Republicans shut down the government, saying they would not vote for any budget that funds Obamacare. Then they said they would use the debt-ceiling as leverage to fight Obamacare. But now they say they are doing all this because of "spending." Wait, what...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 7, 2013 | Blog
This is the 100th anniversary of Ford's moving assembly line. The Highland Park, Michigan facility opened October 7, 1913 and one week later a Model T rolled off the line. The Model T had been in production for five years, but the cost-savings that came from the...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 7, 2013 | Blog
Remember how Republicans "won" the 2000 election? Remember how they tricked the country into going to war in Iraq? They used non-democratic means to get what they couldn't get legitimately, and it worked, so they did it more. They got used to getting their way using...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 4, 2013 | Blog
A key fact about this shutdown is that a majority of the House would vote to end it if they were allowed to vote. There are enough Republicans that could combine with Democrats to get the government back up and running, but Republican leadership – backed by...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 4, 2013 | Blog
Today is MFG Day! From the website: MFG DAY addresses common misperceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated effort, what manufacturing is — and what it isn’t. By working together during and...
