From the monthly archives: January 2012

Hold Cheaters, Fraudsters And Exploiters Accountable To Get Our Economy Back

By Dave Johnson On January 23, 2012   Leave a Comment

The spiral-to-the-bottom and inequality we are suffering is not an inevitable result of globalization, it is what happens when we don’t hold cheaters and exploiters accountable and stop them. This is not just about Wall Street, it is the story of what has happened to our wages and benefits, jobs, factories, companies, industries, economy and [...]

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The SC Republican Primary: Eyes Wide Shut

By Tom Sullivan On January 22, 2012   Leave a Comment

Primary voters just gave former Speaker Newt Gingrich the win in the Republican presidential primary in South Carolina, “America’s most conservative state.” Reddest of the red. Buckle of the Bible Belt. CNN welcomed viewers to the Charleston debate this week with “Welcome to the South,” a place “where values matter.”

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Income tax cuts are the problem, not the solution

By Adam Lambert On January 20, 2012   Leave a Comment

Much has been made about income taxes and income tax cuts – not just by Republicans, who base their entire economic plan on less taxes (which of course will usually vastly benefit their base by every conceivable metric), but also by Democrats lately as a way to provide stimulus or help in a time of [...]

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Why Keep The Capital Gains Tax Break?

By Dave Johnson On January 19, 2012   Leave a Comment

Mitt Romney’s ultra-low tax rate on his ultra-high income is reviving questions about the breaks and perks that the wealthiest of the 1% receive from the rest of us. One of these is a special low tax rate for investments — as if anyone needed special tax incentives to induce them to make a bundle.

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India And Philippines Declare War On Call Center Bill

By Dave Johnson On January 11, 2012   Leave a Comment

Last month I wrote about a bill before Congress that would both help fight the offshoring of call-center jobs and protect consumers. Now the countries where we have been sending those jobs are organizing a lobbying campaign to fight the bill.

The Bill

There is a bipartisan bill before Congress, The U.S. Call Center Worker [...]

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So, Who Are The Welfare Junkies?

By Tom Sullivan On January 8, 2012   8 Comments

So much misdirected anger.

Over at Daily Kos, Zwoof has seen a rash of chain emails about “welfare junkies” who are “drug-fueled slackers.” Obligingly, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has introduced the Welfare Reform Act of 2011 to discipline deadbeats on food stamps.

This is old news. It is Ronald Reagan’s “welfare [...]

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Republicans Have Shut Down The NLRB. The President Must Act!

By Dave Johnson On January 3, 2012   Leave a Comment

As of now an agency of our government, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), is effectively shut down, unable to do its job. This is a “nullification” by Republicans, of laws that protect workers and companies, in exchange for campaign help from the 1%. They are simply obstructing, blocking appointments in order to keep the [...]

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