Group Linked To House GOP Leadership Offers Campaign Ads For Key Votes
Legalized bribery in today's GOP Congressional practices.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Report Finds Low Graduation Rates at For-Profit Colleges - NYTimes.com
Report Finds Low Graduation Rates at For-Profit Colleges - NYTimes.com
Let's not hold up University of Phoenix as an example of success with a 9% graduation rate.
Let's not hold up University of Phoenix as an example of success with a 9% graduation rate.
In Emergency Session, U.N. Declares Florida a Rogue State « Borowitz Report
In Emergency Session, U.N. Declares Florida a Rogue State « Borowitz Report
Teahadist skinhead Governor totally loses touch with reality.
Teahadist skinhead Governor totally loses touch with reality.
As American Bridges Collapse, Bipartisan Transportation Bill Still a Bridge Too Far for House GOP | The Gavel
As American Bridges Collapse, Bipartisan Transportation Bill Still a Bridge Too Far for House GOP | The Gavel
There are jobs that need done, and Americans that need jobs. Our infrastructure is crumbling around us, yet Republicans refuse to budge and invest in America's future.
There are jobs that need done, and Americans that need jobs. Our infrastructure is crumbling around us, yet Republicans refuse to budge and invest in America's future.
Johnson & Johnson Drops ALEC
BREAKING: Johnson & Johnson Drops ALEC | ThinkProgress
As more Americans become aware of the multiple shadowy laws and agenda of the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, more members of the group are feeling the pressure from consumers and concerned citizens. Johnson and Johnson joins many other large corporations that have withdrawn their membership and support.
As more Americans become aware of the multiple shadowy laws and agenda of the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, more members of the group are feeling the pressure from consumers and concerned citizens. Johnson and Johnson joins many other large corporations that have withdrawn their membership and support.
Middle-class catastrophe - U.S. Economy - Salon.com
Middle-class catastrophe - U.S. Economy - Salon.com
The Republican Do-Nothing 112th Congress has been sitting on the American Jobs Act since October 2011. By keeping millions out of work, they hope to remove one (black) man from office.
This priority has been plainly declared by no less than the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and was in fact planned by a group of GOP politicians and strategists on President Obama's Inauguration night. Since the 2010 elections which installed a large freshman class of Tea Party Republicans in Congress, the obstruction has been relentlessly pursued.
Instead of pursuing a program of jobs bills, the Republicans at both the national and state levels have spent their time legislating right wing religious priorities, limiting health care and reproductive choice. Where are the jobs? They have been searching for them, obsessively, in women's lady parts.
The Republican Do-Nothing 112th Congress has been sitting on the American Jobs Act since October 2011. By keeping millions out of work, they hope to remove one (black) man from office.
This priority has been plainly declared by no less than the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and was in fact planned by a group of GOP politicians and strategists on President Obama's Inauguration night. Since the 2010 elections which installed a large freshman class of Tea Party Republicans in Congress, the obstruction has been relentlessly pursued.
Instead of pursuing a program of jobs bills, the Republicans at both the national and state levels have spent their time legislating right wing religious priorities, limiting health care and reproductive choice. Where are the jobs? They have been searching for them, obsessively, in women's lady parts.
Food & Nutrition Service Home Page
Food & Nutrition Service Home Page
Summer food resources for parents of children who receive free or reduced school lunch.
Summer food resources for parents of children who receive free or reduced school lunch.
The vicious cycle of economic inequality
Opinion: The vicious cycle of economic inequality - Joseph E. Stiglitz - POLITICO.com
No amount of spin, no re-purposing of words and phrases, no continuation of austerity policies will solve the economic problems facing us today. Pitting the middle class against one another will not help anyone but the wealthy, and will hurt many more "regular" people. Deceptions and lies put in place to convince or reinforce uniformed potential voters will only exacerbate the division and anxiety, which lead to uncertainty and inertia.
Demand will create jobs. Middle class people with money will create demand. The wealthy "job creators" do not create American jobs, as they have amply demonstrated for the last decade. There is work to be done, and workers to do it, but we cannot and should not wait for the" invisible" hand, which has out-sourced American jobs and hoarded its wealth overseas. These people and their corporations are motivated by self-interest and profit, and expect subsidies from the taxpayers as they decimate the economy.
The government is of, by, and for the people. It is the visible hand which can and should step in to protect and defend the American dream and a functioning economy. There are several very effective tools which could provide immediate relief and provide jobs for Americans, QE3 for monetary easing, and investment in our infrastructure. Infrastructure would include physical roads, bridges, schools, transportation systems, public utility maintenance. It would also include investment in our people, which is our greatest treasure, in the form of education, health care, and safety net repair to enable those compromised by the recession to get back up and running.
We can do this, and we should do it NOW. Intentional crippling of the economy for political expediency is not only morally wrong, but continues to drag all of us down further. Who does not know people that have been affected by this? Elected public officials are CHOOSING to prolong the agony. Lobbyists are buying them and their votes. Corporate and political organizations are selling Americans down the road by peddling a false narrative.
The President presented Congress with the American Jobs Act in October 2011. They need to pass it today. No more obstruction. Americans have a job to do, and are waiting for Congress to do theirs.
No amount of spin, no re-purposing of words and phrases, no continuation of austerity policies will solve the economic problems facing us today. Pitting the middle class against one another will not help anyone but the wealthy, and will hurt many more "regular" people. Deceptions and lies put in place to convince or reinforce uniformed potential voters will only exacerbate the division and anxiety, which lead to uncertainty and inertia.
Demand will create jobs. Middle class people with money will create demand. The wealthy "job creators" do not create American jobs, as they have amply demonstrated for the last decade. There is work to be done, and workers to do it, but we cannot and should not wait for the" invisible" hand, which has out-sourced American jobs and hoarded its wealth overseas. These people and their corporations are motivated by self-interest and profit, and expect subsidies from the taxpayers as they decimate the economy.
The government is of, by, and for the people. It is the visible hand which can and should step in to protect and defend the American dream and a functioning economy. There are several very effective tools which could provide immediate relief and provide jobs for Americans, QE3 for monetary easing, and investment in our infrastructure. Infrastructure would include physical roads, bridges, schools, transportation systems, public utility maintenance. It would also include investment in our people, which is our greatest treasure, in the form of education, health care, and safety net repair to enable those compromised by the recession to get back up and running.
We can do this, and we should do it NOW. Intentional crippling of the economy for political expediency is not only morally wrong, but continues to drag all of us down further. Who does not know people that have been affected by this? Elected public officials are CHOOSING to prolong the agony. Lobbyists are buying them and their votes. Corporate and political organizations are selling Americans down the road by peddling a false narrative.
The President presented Congress with the American Jobs Act in October 2011. They need to pass it today. No more obstruction. Americans have a job to do, and are waiting for Congress to do theirs.
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