by Dave Johnson | Nov 20, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
You've probably heard that Hostess is closing down and putting more than 18,000 people out of work because greedy unions asked for too much. It's a lie. Ask yourself this: are the problems in our economy because working people get too much, or too little? And if this...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 20, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Yes, the poor have struggled mightily while our rich have become phenomenally flush. But middle-income Americans haven't been able to jump off the treadmill either. We’ve all heard plenty of chatter over recent years about the widening gap “between rich and poor.” But...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 12, 2012 | Blog, The Sequester
Anyone who has read The Shock Doctrine understands exactly what this "Fiscal Cliff" scare is. If you have already read The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein you have probably been rolling your eyes at all this "Fiscal Cliff" scare talk. "Here they go again" you're...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 9, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
It's possible to feel sorry for Mitt Romney, as one human being to another. Apparently he really didn't believe he could possibly lose and now he's "shell-shocked." Guess he didn't listen to all the experts who said he was going to lose. Forget Nate Silver: Bob Dylan...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 22, 2012 | Blog, The Sequester
The upcoming presidential debate on foreign policy will undoubtedly feature warnings from Republican candidate Mitt Romney that defense spending cuts from the Obama administration will compromise the nation's ability to defend itself. What you will not hear, at least...
by Anne Thompson | Oct 8, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
In yet another attack on the minimum wage, New York Times Economix blogger Casey Mulligan argues that the failure of part-time employment to continue to increase at the end of 2009 is proof that the July 2009 minimum wage increase prevented 800,000 part-time jobs from...
