Ideology is in the way of a simple plan to end the pandemic in 30 days. Yes, 30 days: Lock down the country and pay everyone up to an annual wage of $90,000 to stay home. I’m resurrecting the argument I made months ago because the debate about a stimulus is on the agenda again—after […]
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Episode 207: Ending the Pandemic in 30 Days; Teachers At Risk; Speeding Up Poultry Processing Lines—Insane!
Posted on 18 November 2020.
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Episode 196: Poultry Plant Killing Fields; Desperate People Jam The Bank Lines; Bidding To Win In Florida
Posted on 26 August 2020.
It’s never enough to remind people every single day how many workers are out there on the frontlines risking their lives in the pandemic. I’ve talked about those folks regularly on the show: the transit workers, retail workers, and teachers. And, surely, the workers who put food on our plates are right up there on […]
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Episode 180: Fixing The Pandemic’s Financial Ruin In States and Cities; Trump Wants To Kill Beef & Poultry Workers
Posted on 06 May 2020.
It is quite something to hear the elites in Washington—especially Republican members of Congress and the menace in the White House—blather on about wanting to wait to see how well the previous, inadequate fiscal stimulus works before deciding whether to do anything else. That’s while tens of millions of people are in the streets, huge […]
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