Ikea seems to be treating its American workers at a furniture plant in Danville, Virginia a good deal worse than it does its Swedish workers back at home. The workers are trying to unionize; in response Ikea has hired the famous union-busting-specializing law firm Jackson-Lewis. Nothing particularly out of the ordinary for American labor relations… Continue reading Ikea’s Third World outsourcing adventure — in the U.S. – How the World Works – Salon.com
Financial Crisis With Few Prosecutions
It is a question asked repeatedly across America: why, in the aftermath of a financial mess that generated hundreds of billions in losses, have no high-profile participants in the disaster been prosecuted? Answering such a question — the equivalent of determining why a dog did not bark — is anything but simple. But a private… Continue reading Financial Crisis With Few Prosecutions
Center on Budget Top 10 Federal Tax Charts worth a thousand words.
From Center on Budget Top 10 Federal Tax Charts worth a thousand words. – @pourmecoffee
How Socialists built America
“the unique thing about our present situation is that we have suffered the fools so thoroughly that a good many Americans—not just Tea Partisans or Limbaugh Dittoheads but citizens of the great middle—actually take Sarah Palin seriously when she rants that socialism, in the form of building codes, is antithetical to Americanism.”
Anthony Weiner Tells Republicans Who Got Their Feelings Hurt by Obama’s Budget Speech to Get Over Themselves
So, When Do the Confidence Fairies Arrive? « Rortybo mb
Image giving an economics undergraduate the following question: “Unemployment is high. Inflation is low. Borrowing costs are cheap. What should the government do?” and they responded “cut the short-term deficit immediately to show strength!” You’d have to give them a bad grade, right? But that’s what our government, Democrats and Republicans, are doing. But there’s… Continue reading So, When Do the Confidence Fairies Arrive? « Rortybo mb
Anthony Weiner Gets GOP Rep To Admit Ryan Plan Equals Vouchers, End to Medicare
On The Last Word, Anthony Weiner maneuvered Rep Jack Kingston (R-GA) into admitting that the Ryan plan ends Medicare and converts it to a voucher plan. What’s so funny about this is how hard Boehner has been working to deny it… From Crooks and Liars It’s personalization, not privatization.
Insincerely Yours
Look, we’ve been here before. The obvious parallel in my mind is what happened after 9/11, when more or less the same people declared themselves totally focused on fighting terrorism — but unwilling to give up anything they wanted, and in fact eagerly using the terrorist threat as an excuse to grab even more goodies.… Continue reading Insincerely Yours
Barber Licensing Rules Harm Prisoner Re-entry
Nobody comes out and says “I want to establish an occupational licensing regime for my profession in order to create an arbitrary barrier to entry” but the system works, in practice, to create arbitrary barriers to entry. Consequently, there’s a need to find barriers that don’t seem totally arbitrary, From Barber Licensing Rules Harm Prisoner… Continue reading Barber Licensing Rules Harm Prisoner Re-entry
Free Starbucks Coffee or Tea on Earth Day, April 22nd when you Bring a Reusable Mug
Free Starbucks Coffee or Tea on Earth Day, April 22nd when you Bring a Reusable Mug
Also, free WiFi if you bring your desktop computer with you.