More than three years after we entered the worst economic slump since the 1930s, Washington has lost interest in the unemployed. One-sixth of America’s workers — all those who can’t find any job or are stuck with part-time work when they want a full-time job — have, in effect, been abandoned[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Economy’
Class Warfare in the U.S.: The Final Chapter
The combination of tax cuts skewed toward the wealthy and funding for the endless wars during a "jobless recovery" ensures we will have a citizenry best described as desperate and clueless. Edward Berneays, Hugo Chavez, more: News analysis from t r u t h o u t [...]
China posts a surprise trade deficit, Funny Picture of Hu
from BBC Shipments grew at a weaker-than-expected 2.4% in February from the same month a year ago, latest figures show. Imports on the other hand increased by 19.4%, resulting in a trade deficit of $7.3bn (£4.5bn). “Imports have dropped significantly, and it points to a serious weakening in d[...]
Michael Moore Tells it Like it Is: Madison, WI
MADISON, March 6: In a masterful bit of plain speaking, Michael Moore parsed what is wrong with the two parallel and unequal American economies, speaking before before an estimated 50,000 protestors gathered at the Madison State Capitol Sunday. Link to full-speech video, plus complete transcript.[...]
February 24th, 2011 - 4:03 pm § in Politics
from the PI: Boeing wins $35 billion Air Force refueling tanker contract
Ed. Would it be gauche to express our thanks and admiration to Senators Murry and Cantwell as well to as the rest of the WAstate congressional delegation and Governor Gregoire? Job well done! Politics IS all local! By AUBREY COHEN, Seattle PI Boeing won the U.S. Air Force’s $35 billion con[...]
February 20th, 2011 - 2:03 pm § in Environment, Misc.
History Cafe Invades Cap Hill
More and more Seattleites identify themselves as "Locovores". At the most recent History Cafe, we were regaled by tales of urban agriculture past and present in the comfortable, living-room atmosphere of Capitol Hill's Roy St. Coffee. [...]
January 7th, 2011 - 8:56 am § in Politics
What do you do when ?
A State Teeters on the Edge of Bankruptcy? Food is too Expensive to Buy? excerpts from CBS report Illinois’ personal income tax rate, now 3 percent, would climb to 5.25 percent for four years under the plan Cullerton outlined. After that, it would drop to 3.75 percent….. Democrats say they h[...]
January 6th, 2011 - 3:21 pm § in Misc.
Will Biotech Mean Jobs in Seattle?
Biotech is a major part of the hoped-for-future of Seattle. Is the promise real? Will there be jobs? No one knows more about this then Luke Timmerman, the Seattle based national biotech reporter for Xconomy, a news agency devoted to high technology. Like will talk at 9 AM, Tuesday the 18th o[...]
Third World in America I.
A boy can’t get to school because of crumbling roads and sewage. E.J. Montoya, 16, has the well-muscled shoulders of a football player and a glossy, black braid down his back. He is a member of the Santa Ana Pueblo, one of the 22 tribes in New Mexico. On the reservation, Montoya lives with his[...]