by Dave Johnson | Jan 27, 2017 | Blog
Andy Puzder, CEO offast-food giant CKE Restaurants (Hardee's and Carl's Jr), is President Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Labor. As one more Ayn Rand devotee nominated to Trump's cabinet, his mission is clear: to spearhead Trump's War on Workers. December's post,...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 26, 2017 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
[fve]https://youtu.be/l96myiBa16Y[/fve] At the beginning of the Obama administration, Democrats had control of the Congress and passed the "stimulus." Unfortunately only a third of that was for infrastructure work. Then Republicans in Congress obstructed every...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 25, 2017 | Blog
President Trump formally withdrew the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Though TPP was killed by a long progressive fight that resulted in it not having the votes to pass Congress, of course, he took credit for killing it himself. TPP was another "trade"...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog
Saturday's marches and rallies. Wow. Huge, huge crowds, even the little place, even in the heartland. Some say it was the biggest demonstration in US history. It is now estimated that between 3.3 million and 4.6 million people turned out for the Women's March...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 20, 2017 | Blog
[fve]https://youtu.be/Kpwt_ZruQHs[/fve] More than 700 Momentive Performance Materials chemical plant workers in Waterford, NY have been on strike since November 2. The Albany Times Union explains why, in a report about the striking Waterford chemical plant, Workers...
