by Dave Johnson | Feb 19, 2013 | Economy, Minimum Wage
You may have seen the charts showing how working people's wages stopped going up along with productivity gains: Update: I am adding this chart of productivity gain and wages, from EPI's The wedges between productivity and median compensation growth: This means the...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
In the State of the Union (SOTU) speech President Obama emphasized the importance of manufacturing to our economy. Wednesday in Ashville he expanded on his plan, outlining four steps in particular. The President has opened the doors to discussion of manufacturing...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 15, 2013 | Blog
Many of us fought hard to reform the filibuster and fight the Republican obstruction that is blocking everything the country needs to get done. And I do mean everything. We said please just "make them talk," which is what the public already thinks the filibuster is...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Florida Senator Marco Rubio gave a "Republican Response" to the President's State of the Union address. He said that taxes cause employers to reduce hours or lay people off. Others say that raising the minimum wage will mean layoffs. Let's take a closer look at that....
by Dave Johnson | Feb 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Uh Oh, President Obama is being bipartisan again. You know what that means: Republican sabotage again enabled. This time he's appointing a conservative operative to help "fix" voting problems. Will this just enable Republicans to sabotage the voting commission? The...
