Make Them Work – Citizens As “The Help”

“Everyone knows Americans are lazy, shiftless, always looking for a way to shirk their responsibilities. People don’t want to work so we have to make them work. And good dose of humiliation is good for the soul. If you let them have any dignity they might get uppity.” That is what conservatives sound like when […]

Today Is National Currency Call-In Day

From the Citizens Trade Campaign Earlier this year, 130 members of Congress sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner urging him to designate China as a currency manipulator. This week, the Treasury Department once again refused. Today, July 13th, call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and ask them to support legislation to rein in currency […]

Who Said We Want Less Government Protecting And Empowering Us?

Cut spending? Wait – where did that terrible idea come from? Government is We, the People and its job is to protect and empower us. Why in the world would we want to cut back on that? WSJ today, The Bush Tax Cuts and the Deficit Myth, “Runaway government spending, not declining tax revenues, is […]

Deficits: Get the Money From Where the Money Went

McClatchy news story, No full Social Security benefits until age 70? Young Americans might not get full Social Security retirement benefits until they reach age 70 if some trial balloons that prominent lawmakers of both parties are floating become law. Don’t fall for it. Social Security did not contribute to the deficits or debt, it […]

After Saying China Manipulates Currency Treasury Dept. Declines To Say China Manipulates Currency

In April Treasury Secretary Geithner sidestepped an official declaration that China is manipulating its currency by acknowledging that China “pegs” its currency and that this is harming the world-s economy, but put off a formal declaration of currency manipulation. Today Geithner officially declined to label China a currency manipulator. According to a Wall Street Journal […]

Too Old For A Job, Too Young For Medicare Or Social Security

Tell us your own story in the comments, please! Here is a fact: There. Are. No. Jobs. Well, there are approx. 10 “official” job-seekers for each job that opens up. (Remember the underemployed figure, known as “U-6” is 21.7% in California 16.7% nationally.) You have to know someone to get a humiliating job standing on […]

Obama Announces Export Council, Reports On Export Progress

In his State of the Union speech President Obama announced the National Export Initiative, a campaign to double US exports within 5 years. Today he gave a progress report and announced the members of his Export Council, with a number of CEOs (and one labor leader) including Alan Mulally of the Ford Motor Company, Scott […]