by Dave Johnson | May 6, 2010 | Blog
There have so been many examples lately of the wealthy and the executive class having a sense that they are superior and entitled to fleece and feed off of the rest of us. Here is one more. BP CEO Tony Hayward on who will be responsible for paying oil spill damages,...
by Dave Johnson | May 3, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Things are good for the plutocrats. Stock market soaring, bonuses are big... Thinks are going mighty fine. So fine, in fact, that the urgency of extending unemployment, COBRA and programs to help the people harmed by the financial disaster is moving off the table. But...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 30, 2010 | Blog
Suddenly the word is all over the place that the Congress is not going to extend unemployment benefits further! It seems that the economy is booming (for Wall Street, top corporate executives, and Washington legislators) so it doesn't feel like there is a need to keep...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 29, 2010 | Blog, Economy
When you think about building a new mass transit system, or funding (and cuts) top operate bus and rail lines you tend to think about the construction, manufacturing, operating and maintenance jobs created (or cut). That's a lot of jobs, but those jobs are almost...
