In case you didn’t notice, Republicans held our economy hostage again last week over essential funding to keep our government running. One of their ransom demands in trade for their votes on the omnibus spending bill was over the light bulb law. GOPers are claiming a victory over Democratic regulatory overreach for success in cutting … Continue Reading →
Seems somewhat fitting that my first post on the new blogging platform will be a goodbye to George Bullard, whose farewell post was left on the old blog. I was crushed to learn he is leaving us. George and I virtually built the Politics Blog together. I was blogger number 37. In the intervening years, … Continue Reading →
Republican rhetoric would have you believe that the rich are the only job creators. As though creating jobs is somehow a tenant of capitalism. While companies do create jobs, they only create the number of jobs that is necessary to maximize profit or to produce the supply of products that consumers will purchase. Employees are … Continue Reading →