by Dave Johnson | Mar 14, 2012 | Blog, Financial Reform
So it's down to Romney vs Santorum now. But when when it comes to the 1% it’s really just a one-man race. The difference between Romney and Santorum is that while Romney’s policies benefit only the 1%, Santorum’s policies only benefit the 1%. In his post, A Budget...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 14, 2012 | Blog
Today the Brown-Merkley Amendment #1819 passed the Senate with a voice vote! Sen. Sherrod Brown made a brief floor speech that noted that the amendment closes a loophole by which companies evaded current Buy America requirements by breaking up jobs into small pieces...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 14, 2012 | Blog
These words are being written from the veranda of a small house in an African valley, in the hour just before dawn. In the past week I've met people from Pakistan, Great Britain, Iraq, Australia, New Zealand and several other countries, as well as South Africans from...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 13, 2012 | Blog
The very name of a Washington conservative conference this weekend is the height of subterfuge. It's called the "Defending the American Dream" conference, which is not about defending the actual American dreams of most Americans (the focus of our own "Take Back the...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 13, 2012 | Blog
Mitt Romney is down South, trying to win votes in the Alabama and Mississippi Republican primaries. So, I will respond as a Southerner to Romney's announcement that he won't be enrolling in Medicare, because he's worth $150-to-$200 million and doesn't need it: Well,...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 13, 2012 | Blog
There’s something happening here. What it is is becoming clear. There’s a company blocking a union over there, and that’s telling you you’ve got to beware. Breaking unions strikes deep. Back to your country it will creep. It starts when they pay low wages and exploit...
