by Jim Hightower | Oct 7, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Conservatism, Economy
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, here’s one worth a thousand times that. It’s a shot of three Volkswagen board members, gathered for a press conference to announce the resignation of Martin Winterkorn. VW’s disgraced CEO was forced out after the auto giant was...
by Bill Scher | Oct 7, 2015 | Blog, Economy
Someday, the Republican Party will accept that, if it wants to be taken seriously as a governing party, it needs to have a platform that breaks with the failed policies of President George W. Bush. Today is not that day. First, let's recall some of the key components...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Jobs and Growth, This Is The GOP
Republicans and the rich guys who imposed on American workers 35 years of stagnant wages now offer a prescription for easing this pain! Their solution for robber-baron-level income inequality is not the obvious: Give workers raises. They don’t want to increase the...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Vice President Joe Biden is considering a run for president. But Biden is currently working behind the scenes to push the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which most (if not all) core Democratic-aligned groups will likely oppose. Can Biden run for president as a...
by Elizabeth Warren | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
Senator Elizabeth Warren Remarks at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate September 27, 2015 [fve]https://youtu.be/IPEDI2hR0dM[/fve] ***As Prepared for Delivery*** Thank you. I'm grateful to be here at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 24, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, This Is The GOP
Republicans have shut down the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank because a vehement minority of them don't believe the American government should have a role in helping American companies compete in the world. Republicans also don't believe that the American government...
