by Dave Johnson | May 28, 2010 | Blog
Congress is a big FAIL on jobs and unemployment. The Senate is heading home instead of helping the unemployed, the House is FAILing on jobs unemployment and COBRA subsidies. Congress says they are worried about the deficit, but the deficit was The Plan. It is right in...
by Dave Johnson | May 27, 2010 | Blog
Richard (RJ) Eskow wrote a couple of days ago, in Traded-In: These "Used" Senators Sold Out The Troops For Auto Dealer Cash You know why Americans place car salespeople at the very bottom of the list when asked to rate professions for honesty and ethics? Probably...
by Dave Johnson | May 26, 2010 | Blog
Astroturf is the term for manufacturing an artificial appearance of grassroots concern about an issue. The idea is to pump a bunch of money into a PR campaign that makes it look like there is public support for something, to either make politicians think the public...
by Dave Johnson | May 26, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Some say that "government can't create jobs." Others respond "unemployed people can't create votes." Meanwhile, conservatives, whose policies put so many people out of work, now say unemployed people are lazy and should not be collecting unemployment benefits....
by Dave Johnson | May 25, 2010 | Blog, China Currency Showdown, Making it in America
The US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue has concluded. It is remarkable for two countries to engage in a dialog such as this, and efforts like this to constructively manage differences can both help keep conflict from arising and help both countries achieve...
