by Digby | Dec 11, 2013 | Budget Talks, Conservatism, Economy, The Jobs Challenge
So it looks like Capitol Hill may get to have a holiday this year: The deal, which was negotiated over the past few weeks by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.), would set spending for the...
by Digby | Dec 10, 2013 | Economy, Making it in America, The Jobs Challenge
A nasty little Google boy gets mad and says what he really thinks: "Why don't you go to a city that can afford it? This is a city for the right people who can afford it. You can't afford it? You can leave. I'm sorry, get a better job. It's time for you to leave. "...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 28, 2013 | Economy, Minimum Wage, The Jobs Challenge
At the first Thanksgiving, there was no expression of the sentiment: “I built this feast by myself.” Native Americans sat side by side with pilgrims – religious leader by huntsman, chief by planter. They shared the bounty they’d all worked to create. This Thanksgiving...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 26, 2013 | Budget Talks, Economy, Progressive Vision, Retirement Security, The Jobs Challenge, This Is The GOP
Congress is again fighting over the budget with Republicans now demanding cuts in federal employee benefits. Is this really about the budget? Or is it about destroying government? Meanwhile hundreds of billions of taxes owed by corporations remain uncollected. The...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 13, 2013 | Budget Talks, Conservatism, Economy, Retirement Security, The Jobs Challenge, The Sequester
The budget conference committee meets this week to hammer out a plan to avoid another government shutdown. So far, not so good. Committee co-chairs Rep. Paul Ryan (R, Wisc.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D, Wash.) are “struggling” to define the “parameters” of a “bipartisan...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 5, 2013 | The Jobs Challenge
Anthony Tenny told Clearwater Paper several times that he was concerned about working in excessive red cedar dust at its Lewiston, Idaho, sawmill. But nothing changed. So he reported his fears to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Within a month...
