by Dave Johnson | Jan 9, 2017 | Blog
The Postal Service's experimental "pilot program" in privatizing the retail end of the USPS using Staples outlets has failed and ended. The "Grand Alliance to Save Our Postal Service" has forced the USPS to back off from partnering with Staples in their effort to...
by Bill Scher | Jan 9, 2017 | Blog
With eleven days until Donald Trump is inaugurated as President, at least half of the country is in disoriented shock. It remains hard to believe this is really happening. And while in many respects what is happening is unprecedented, in other respects, we've been...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 6, 2017 | Blog
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday that the November trade deficit was $45.2 billion. This is up $2.9 billion from a revised $42.4 billion in October. Exports fell 0.2% to $185.5 billion from the prior month while imports climbed 1.1% to $321.1 billion. The trade...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 6, 2017 | Blog
In "an unprecedented break" from tradition, Democrats in the US Senate are expected to challenge as many as eight of Donald Trump's cabinet nominees, including Betsy DeVos for US Secretary of Education, according to a report by the Washington Post. The opposition to...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 6, 2017 | Blog
Ninety-four percent of us pay into Social Security from every paycheck we receive. A few of us stop paying into Social Security in the first few working hours of the year. The "Tax Freedom Day" Scam Every year you hear a lot about Tax Freedom Day. This is the day the...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 5, 2017 | Blog
Republican leaders in Congress have never — in any of our lifetimes — entered a new year with higher hopes. They don’t just have a lockgrip on both chambers. They have an incoming president who’s itching to sign pretty much any legislation GOP lawmakers plop on his...
