by Dave Johnson | Nov 23, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
Does it even matter what the public wants anymore? I guess that's a rhetorical question these days because more and more obviously the answer is no. It matters what the plutocrats want, and they know how to get what they want. Public opinion is "engineered" or at...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 9, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
No doubt voters sent a message last Tuesday. Deciphering it correctly is crucial. Republican cryptographers interpreted the election results that gave the GOP control of one house of Congress as a directive to demolish everything produced over the past two years –...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 5, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Today's jobs report showed that the economy added 151,000 jobs in October, the biggest rise since May. The 159,000 increase in private sector employment was the second-largest monthly rise of the "recovery." The official unemployment rate stayed at 9.6 percent. NY...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 5, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
A poll released today by the Campaign for America's Future and Democracy Corps proves what we've been saying this week about the message voters were sending to the White House and Congress. Conservative leaders in both parties are flat wrong to claim they have a...
by Steven Capozzola | Oct 20, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
Scott Boos at the Alliance for American Manufacturing has published an analysis of Congressional efforts to boost domestic clean energy technology and producton... Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to “examine the effectiveness of current...
by Steven Capozzola | Oct 20, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
On Thursday, April 22, 2010, the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, groups representing workers, industry, and environmental groups will be lobbying Senate offices, urging members to support policies that ensure American manufacturing capacity is used to meet the...
