by Dave Johnson | Oct 7, 2013 | Blog
This is the 100th anniversary of Ford's moving assembly line. The Highland Park, Michigan facility opened October 7, 1913 and one week later a Model T rolled off the line. The Model T had been in production for five years, but the cost-savings that came from the...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 7, 2013 | Blog
Remember how Republicans "won" the 2000 election? Remember how they tricked the country into going to war in Iraq? They used non-democratic means to get what they couldn't get legitimately, and it worked, so they did it more. They got used to getting their way using...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 7, 2013 | Blog
(Originally published in Alternet) Of course they shut the Federal government down. Tea Party Republicans long for the days when there were no government authorities to enforce laws and restrain the power of unchecked wealth, the days when there was no Justice...
by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 5, 2013 | Blog
Executives at private companies with federal contracts are getting rich off our tax dollars — at the expense of their low-wage workers. But we can turn the tables. Here's how. The debate over America’s federal budget is getting stale — and getting us nowhere, as the...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 4, 2013 | Blog
A key fact about this shutdown is that a majority of the House would vote to end it if they were allowed to vote. There are enough Republicans that could combine with Democrats to get the government back up and running, but Republican leadership – backed by...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 4, 2013 | Blog
Today is MFG Day! From the website: MFG DAY addresses common misperceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated effort, what manufacturing is — and what it isn’t. By working together during and...
