by Dave Johnson | Mar 13, 2013 | Blog
The AMERICA Works Act would establish a national credentialing system for manufacturing skills like welding and machining. Sen. Kay Hagan D-NC, Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind. and Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev. are co-sponsoring the bill. The Winston-Salem Journal explains, in...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 12, 2013 | Economy, Minimum Wage
Buried in the "pleasant surprise" (NPR) of Friday's "stunning" (USAToday) February jobs report were some numbers that better-reflect the reality of America's declining middle class. Things are pretty bad when you call 7.7% -- and that due to people giving up on...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 12, 2013 | Blog
Before I get into the new Republican budget (it cuts taxes on the wealthy by almost 40%, greatly increases military spending, and just guts almost everything government does to help make our lives better -- privatizes Medicare, does even less to maintain our...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 12, 2013 | Chained CPI
Dear journalists: Every retired person will tell you that prices on things they buy are rising faster than their cost-of-living-adjustments. So they are falling behind. Meanwhile everyone describes the "chained-CPI" cost-of-living-adjustment as a cut when applied to...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 11, 2013 | Economy
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Representative David Cicilline (D-RI) announced today the introduction of the Offshoring Prevention Act. Like last year's Bring Jobs Home Act - filibustered by Senate Republicans - this bill eliminates a special tax break for...
