Working Life

Oh, so, the Democrats have awakened. Now, it’s the “middle-class” that is in vogue because somehow the campaign to lift people out of poverty via a hike in the minimum wage was a drag on Democrats politically (stupid argument, but a different story). It’s time for tax cuts to be paid for a little by Wall Street.

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Over the years, the Democratic opposition in the House to so-called “free trade” has grown, with more members opposed to so-called “free trade” than say back in the 1990s; the Senate has continued to be a disaster when it comes to building opposition to trade deals–basically, if you can’t stop it in the House, it’s […]

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Ok, so, Bernie Sanders was more judicious in his demand to the Obama Administration that he have access to a full draft of the current Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. Still, this is extremely important because it is the very secrecy about trade deals–going back decades–that goes to the heart of our ability, as citizens, to function in a democratic society.

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A relatively short diary for now. Many of us have been horrified–if not surprised–by the unhinged venom that has spilled out of the mouth of the head of the police union in NYC. To me, as I wrote previously, there has been a failure of the labor movement to confront his bile. So, I discussed this in an op-ed today in the NY Daily News.

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If Bernie Sanders runs, personally, I’ll be behind him 100 percent. And that decision is coming soon.

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There is an idiotic article now up on a traditional national media’s organization website about Bernie Sanders that is such a piece of shit (stupid, predictable, dishonest) that I was compelled to offer a real, in-depth discussion with Sanders that took place just two days ago. It’s on Iowa Press, a local Iowan show–it’s concrete, lengthy, substantive.

Asked about running for president Bernie Sanders says: “…I want to ascertain is whether or not there is the support to say government has got to start working for ordinary people and not just for billionaires.”

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Let’s face it. There is nothing good about these dumb-ass trade deals, going back to NAFTA. Add to your list what it does for net neutrality.

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I suppose this is obvious. More people means a bigger drag on the planet. Some actual research though confirms it.

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We better stop, hey, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
Stop, hey, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
Stop, now, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
Stop, children, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down

In Iowa, Bernie Sanders says it clearly: “There’s no way we are going to address the problems facing this country without a political revolution”.

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That would be the Afghanistan War. Putting aside the death and destruction from this immoral folly, if you want to know where the money for bridges went, or the money we could use to shore up pensions might have gone, or the money we could use for EXPANDING Social Security…it’s in the cities, mountains and […]

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