by Dave Johnson | Feb 24, 2012 | Blog
Action Coming -- Spread The Word! This is a Big Deal, just look at end of this post for the list of organizations that are signed on to this so far - and more coming. April 9-15, 2012, the 99% Spring: 100,000 Americans will train for non-violent direct action. Sign...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 23, 2012 | Blog
Our politicians are doing and saying increasingly incomprehensible things. The separation from regular people is unbelievable. But in politics you "dance with the one that brung ya," and these things become comprehensible and believable when you look at who is...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 22, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
Robert Reich says the economy's problem is that regular working people are not sharing in the gains that the economy makes. He says the idea that bringing back manufacturing will fix this is an illusion. I agree and disagree. In Manufacturing Illusions, Reich writes...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 21, 2012 | Blog
In Will We Choose A Chinese Future, David Sirota asks the core question: "Do we accept an economic competition that asks us to emulate China?" THIS is the choice that the "job creators" are demanding that we make when they say we need to be more "business friendly."...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 18, 2012 | Blog
This is the 3rd anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly known as President Obama's "stimulus." Republicans say it made the economy worse. Let's see... House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday, "Today, there's no denying the fact that his...