This week, Broward County—one of the most populous counties in South Florida—became the second county in the state to pass a local wage theft ordinance, joining Miami-Dade County. In a 7-2 vote, the Board of County Commissioners voted to create … Read More
But I thought the stimulus failed? An analysis by The Wall Street Journal of corporate financial reports finds that cumulative sales, profits and employment last year among members of the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index exceeded the totals of 2007, … Read More
When he says that other issues are more important than gay marriage. Then he starts making up stuff about gas prices and goes back to his normal less sane self: (And I’m not saying gay marriage isn’t an important issue, … Read More
1. Herman Cain hates animals. 2. Forcing kids to lie about politics is abuse. 3. Republicans don’t know that the stimulus worked. Jobs: GDP: Stock Market: 4. Republicans have too much money and waste it on stupid things.
The Young Turks on Burgin Rep. Rachel Burgin is so bought and paid for buy ALEC-affiliated corporate interests, that she’s introducing bills directly from the American Legislative Exchange Council. And by directly, we mean she forgot to take out the … Read More
And if the policies had been more liberal (like say those of Clinton or Roosevelt), then the job growth would’ve been a lot bigger. Here are the real numbers: Of course, like Romney’s repeated assertions that Obama made the economy … Read More
I asked last month if it were possible to talk about unemployment honestly in our political climate. I said then: Widespread reporting was issued today on the fact that Florida’s unemployment rate fell from 10.6 percent to 10.3 percent, the … Read More
Good to see legislators helping the public understand what’s happening at the capitol:
Via Center for American Progress… The average increase in the tax would be $1000 per taxpayer. And if unemployment extension isn’t included, 277,640 people will lose benefits.
If you listen to Republicans, you’d think that the big banks in the U.S. are being destroyed by Barack Obama. And yet, the facts say otherwise: According to a new report from The New Bottom Line and The Public Accountability … Read More
Originally posted at Crooks and Liars Jason Cherkis and Sara Kenigsberg at Huffington Post have launched a brilliant new series, Occupy Y’all Street, that takes a look at Southern Occupy cities that are not being covered much by the mainstream … Read More
The answer seems to be “no.” Widespread reporting was issued today on the fact that Florida’s unemployment rate fell from 10.6 percent to 10.3 percent, the lowest number in 28 months. We knew the governor, the Chamber and other conservatives … Read More
FPC blogger Larry Thorson passes along this video of action by Awake the State Miami, Occupy Miami and others…
Mayors from 25 Florida cities and towns have issued a letter to leaders in the United States Congress and to the members of the Florida congressional delegation, urging passage of the jobs plan. Faced with high unemployment, home foreclosures, and … Read More
This week, we’ll see Congress vote on three so-called “trade agreements.” Did you ever wonder why they call them “trade agreements”? So that they don’t have to call them what they actually are – treaties. Under our Constitution, a “Bill” … Read More
From Alan Grayson: I received an e-mail this morning from some Koch-funded brainwashing operation. I get them all the time. So does everyone with an e-mail address for sale, it seems. When I have time, I actually read the e-mails. … Read More
I have the misfortune of having Steve Southerland “represent” me in Congress. His latest e-mail to constituents includes the following nonsense: By now, you’ve undoubtedly heard about Standard and Poor’s decision last weekend to downgrade America’s AAA credit rating for … Read More
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I usually agree with Robert McKnight and respect his work a lot, but I can’t disagree with this post any more: If today’s low on the Dow Jones of over 600 points lost is any indication, the economy is on … Read More
From Alan Grayson: According to this Gallup poll, the average American has nine close friends, not including relatives. And more not-so-close friends, of course. I mention this because I want you to contact five friends – not nine, just five … Read More
“I am extremely disturbed to see the credit rating of the United States be downgraded for the first time in history. The reasons for this downgrade are even more disturbing: out-of-control debt and partisan bickering in Washington to the point … Read More
Video of Floridians giving Rick Scott pink slips as he “works”: Florida Watch Action’s press release this morning: Gov. Rick Scott has launched a donut offensive, serving donuts to the press and to the public in a thinly-veiled effort to … Read More
From CAF: Campaign for America’s Future’s co-director Robert Borosage issued the following statement on the current Congressional budget standoff: Borosage said: “Get out the togas; Congress is fiddling while Rome burns. As the grim economic numbers show, this economy is … Read More
Representative Scott Randolph stated today that in anticipation of Governor Rick Scott pretending to be a working Floridian at a donut shop in Tampa tomorrow morning, there are a half dozen questions that his fellow donut shop “co-workers” may want … Read More
