Working Life

     A crisis is a great time for the richest in the world. When you have a lot of money, it’s a buy, buy, buy atmosphere where you can make even more money from distressed assets or countries like Greece, who are forced by the financial mandarins into a "fire sale" of national assets to […]

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    The answer to this question would appear to be obvious. But, it needs constant reinforcing–as you will see from the debate (if you can call it that) last night between yours truly and Larry Kudlow and a stooge from the right wing. It’s almost laughable and entertaining–if the consequences weren’t so dire. The subject […]

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   Yesterday, I wrote about an appalling but typical example of how bi-partisan "debate" is really an argument taking place on one side, in this case King Cuomo’s immoral decision to attack workers’ pensions by regurgitating Republican talking points that the economic crisis we face is the fault of the middle-class, workers, unions, and a […]

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   It really is no surprise, unfortunately, that the country is spinning out of control, the middle-class is dying and we are trapped in some of the dumbest debates imaginable–chief among them the entirely phony argument over a non-existent debt and deficit "crisis". Not surprising because many of these debates have political leaders essentially taking […]

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   The cowardice that courses through the American political system is on display every day. Cowards who won’t stand up to the rich and the powerful who are just voraciously stripping every dime and dollar they can find from the hides of the people.    Andrew Cuomo is right up front.Andrew Cuomo will be now […]

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   This is a story that cannot be retold enough and updated enough because it highlights, as much as any trend, how nothing has changed. The people suffer–while CEO pay continues to go up. The robbery continues unabated.     Let’s start with the hospital sector. In New York, and I would suspect everywhere else […]

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When you cut through the chase about the economic debate of the future, it really boils down to this: What is the standard we should use in setting the  standard for a decent living? Apparently, The New York Times has decided: don’t count on decent pensions, don’t count on health care, and forget decent wages. […]

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   For what they paid to elect their poodle, the elite got what they wanted: The new governor mentioned the word “tax” or “taxes” 21 times, mostly to denounce them and promise to lower them. “What made New York the Empire State was a not a large government complex,” he said. “It was a vibrant […]

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   My state is on the verge of a mass execution. It’s an execution that will be carried out by a Democratic governor on behalf of the richest people in the state. It will be applauded by the traditional press, which will, in its collective willingness to ignore facts, bless the execution as the path […]

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   When I first read the story today about Andrew Cuomo, it seemed fairly in line with previous things he has said about his plan to attack the labor movement if he wins the election: Andrew M. Cuomo will mount a presidential-style permanent political campaign to counter the well-financed labor unions he believes have bullied […]

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