by Dave Johnson | Jan 21, 2010 | Blog
The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 to make George W. Bush President allow large corporations to spend as much as needed to place their candidates in office, so that they will pass laws: giving them access to government funds restricting their smaller competitors allowing...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 20, 2010 | Blog
The blogs and airwaves are full of explanations for the MA Senate special election's outcome, mostly involving people being upset at particulars of the health care bill. But I don't really think that the people who voted were all that well-informed about differences...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 20, 2010 | Blog
Banks still aren't lending, and it's getting worse for small businesses - the nation's jobs engine. Why did we bail out the big banks, again? Why can't our government just hire people like we did in the depression, and why can't our government just loan to the job...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 15, 2010 | Blog
The country has a very large debt. This debt was caused by: 1) Conservative tax cuts for the rich under Reagan and Bush. 2) Conservative spending increases, mostly on military. 3) Interest that must be paid each year on the debt from 1 and 2. 4) Emergency spending...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 14, 2010 | Blog, Economy
On top of last week's bad news on unemployment, with 85,000 more jobs lost in December, today's initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits report was 444,000, an increase of 11,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 433,000 The "rule of thumb"...
