by Bill Scher | Sep 23, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth
Three years ago it seemed that Gov. Scott Walker was leading a wave of anti-union sentiment. He had effectively stripped Wisconsin public sector workers of collective bargaining rights. He had built a national network of thankful corporate donors. He had survived a...
by Jim Hightower | Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Democracy
Once upon a time, presidential contenders and their political parties raised the funds needed to pay for the campaigns. How quaint. For the 2016 elections, thanks to the Supreme Court’s malicious meddling in the democratic process, corporations and billionaires have...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
There used to be something called "the HP Way." This was the description of the way Hewlett-Packard (HP) conducted its business and treated its employees and customers. Management was informal, and the majority of the company’s engineers worked in an open environment,...
by Leo Gerard | Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
Last week, Scott Walker one-upped the gang of GOP presidential candidates all jostling for the coveted Republican title of Best Billionaire Bootlicker. He accomplished that by announcing with pomp and fanfare that, unlike those other Republican pansies, a President...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Pope Francis’ first visit to the United States begins with his arrival in Washington D.C. on Tuesday afternoon. From the nation’s capital he goes to its economic capital, New York City, before concluding his trip with a visit to the nation’s birthplace in...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 21, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Last week Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker tried to give his faltering presidential campaign a boost by proposing to essentially get rid of unions in the U.S. His proposals included banning government-employee unions, abolishing the National Labor Relations Board, creating...
