Lets Hang Together or We Will Surely Hang Apart!
Senate Passes Unemployment Extension Bill
Reporting from Washington —
Democrats on Tuesday broke Republican-led opposition to a bill that would extend unemployment benefits to 2.5 million jobless Americans, but the vote only hardened the political divide and almost assured that any further domestic aid before November will be all but impossible.
Though the Senate reached the 60 votes [...]
Why Can America Afford Tax Cuts for the Rich, But Not Aid to the Unemployed?
The unsavory task of explaining why America apparently can’t afford to help the unemployed but can afford tax cuts for the rich fell to Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) on Sunday.
“Republicans, me included, have supported numerous extensions of unemployment benefits and we’re anxious [...]
What is an Emergency?
Congress is about to pass an additional $32 billion emergency spending package to pay for the war In Afghanistan. It will have overwhelming bipartisan support, with legislators eager to display their fealty to the troops in an election year.
At the same time, the Congress is struggling with a $23 billion bill to [...]
Looting Main Street
If you want to know what life in the Third World is like, just ask Lisa Pack, an administrative assistant who works in the roads and transportation department in Jefferson County, Alabama. Pack got rudely introduced to life in post-crisis America last August, when word came down that she and 1,000 of her [...]
Blue Collar Workers Hanging By a Thread
They arrive for work at 7:25 a.m. and many of their cars are rusting buckets of crud. Except for the boss’s. He drives a Volvo.
Walk in the door at Schaefer Screw Products and there is the enemy — the clock. The oil vapors and solvents are overwhelming. The yellow [...]
Credit Card Payment More Important Than House Payment?
In an unprecedented shift, for some consumers having a credit card in good standing appears to have taken priority over having a roof over one’s head, experts said.
While overall consumer debt rose unexpectedly in January, consumers continued to pay off their credit cards that month — a record [...]
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