Tag Archives: economics

Conservative Studies: Another Case Study In Just Making Stuff Up.

Posted on Saturday, April 20, 2013 by Ken

Several days ago I posted about a George Will quote from last Sunday: “Conservatism begins by facing facts.” Beyond Will’s own record of willfully lying whenever he feels like it the last several weeks have seen the dismantling of two widely … Continue reading →

Posted in Banks and Finance, Capitalism, Conservatives, Debt and Budget, Economic Policy, LGBT Issues, Paul Ryan, Politics, Republican Propaganda Machine, Stimulus, Taxes, The Economy | Tagged Austerity, DOMA, economics, GDP, george will, Growth In A Time Of Debt, Mark Generus, New Family Structures Study, Paul Krugman, Prop 8, Reinhart and Rogoff, University of Texas

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Mr. Obama, Tear Down the Private Profit Prisons

Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2013 by Marc Belisle

“…men who so uneasily tolerate superiors patiently suffer a master, and show themselves proud and servile at the same time.” –Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America In 2007, a teenager in a depressed county of Northeastern Pennsylvania, recently bereft of … Continue reading →

Posted in ALECexposed, Arizona Shenanigans, Banks and Finance, Barack Obama, Border Security, Campaign Finance Laws, Campaigns, Capitalism, Congress, Corporate donors, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Crime & Punishment, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Education, Employment, Ethics, Financial Collapse, Government, Gun Control, Human Rights, Immigration, Incarceration, Income Inequality, Justice, Labor Unions, Liberals, NRA, Politics, Poverty, Progressives, Racial Issues, September 11, State Legislation, Students, superPACs, Taxes, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Wall Street, Wisconsin Recall | Tagged barack obama, campaign finance, campaigns, CCA, citizens united, corporate greed, corrections, crime and punishment, Democrats, detention, drug policy, drugs, economics, GEO Group, healthcare, immigrants, immigration, jail, justice, law and order, laws, minorities, policy, prison, prisoner abuse, private prison industry, republicans, state legislation, students, wall street, war on drugs

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Happy Labor Day, America

Posted on Monday, September 3, 2012 by Marc Belisle

Today is Labor Day. It can be a challenge to remember today’s purpose, because the accomplishments of the labor movement are marked by what doesn’t happen. But it’s important to reflect on the contours of your life to remember the … Continue reading →

Posted in Activists, AFL-CIO, Campaigns, Capitalism, Congress, Corporate Greed, Corporations, Crime & Punishment, Death Penalty, Deregulation, Economic Justice, Economic Policy, Education, Eric Cantor, Koch Brothers, Labor Unions, Labor Unions, Mitt Romney, Politics, Poverty, Republican Propaganda Machine, Right-To-Work Issues, Scott Walker, The Economy, The Middle-Class, The Poor, The Wealthy, Tweets, Wisconsin Recall | Tagged economics, eric cantor, history, labor, labor day, labor movement, labor unions, the middle class, the New Deal, workers' rights

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Romney Understands Why Jobs Come and They Go … To China

Posted on Sunday, June 24, 2012 by Marc Belisle

“…the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” —Thucydides The Washington Post’s Tom Hamburger reports that Mitt Romney steered Bain Capital to invest heavily in companies that were “pioneers” of outsourcing jobs overseas, according to … Continue reading →