Johanna
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Bernie Sanders: No Money For War With Iran
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna introduced legislation that would block funding for any offensive military force in or against Iran without prior congressional authorization. HERE
Friday, January 3, 2020
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Florida Right-Wing Disinformation
Hunter Biden is currently involved in a paternity suit in Arkansas. The New York Post recently ran an article titled, “Private-eye firm claims Hunter Biden is linked to multiple criminal probes.” Here’s the lead paragraph.
Hunter Biden is the subject of multiple criminal investigations related to “fraud, money laundering and a counterfeiting scheme,” it’s claimed in court documents filed Monday in his Arkansas
paternity case.
paternity case.
The documents they are referring to were filed by a Florida-based private-eye firm, D&A Investigations, and were almost immediately dismissed by the judge because they had nothing to do with the paternity case. Nowhere in the documents did D&A name the agencies behind the purported criminal
probes of Biden.HERE
probes of Biden.HERE
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
FIGHTING FOR $15?
If you are fighting fo $15, I'd like you to keep something in mind.
No progress can be made without some sacrifice. Yes, we live in a failing economy and a federal minimum wage of $15 an hour would provide a significant boost to our economy that reaches beyond the stock markets and into family homes. However, with it will come an increase in the nationwide cost of living as corporations and retailers increase prices to offset an increase in their overhead, which is to be expected in a thriving economy. But who will be left behind? There are millions of people who live in this country whose sole income is Social Security or a veterans disability pension, millions who receive an income that equates to less than $7 an hour. Their income has always lagged far behind cost of living increases and, for many, the large cost of living increase likely to result from a federal $15 minimum wage would be devastating. It will take many years for the Social Security Administration and the Veterans Administration to catch up to the 'booming' economy that doubling the federal minimum wage will create.
If your fight is to assure that every American makes a living wage, be aware that accomplishing a $15 federal minimum wage will not be the end of the fight. Far from it.
No progress can be made without some sacrifice. Yes, we live in a failing economy and a federal minimum wage of $15 an hour would provide a significant boost to our economy that reaches beyond the stock markets and into family homes. However, with it will come an increase in the nationwide cost of living as corporations and retailers increase prices to offset an increase in their overhead, which is to be expected in a thriving economy. But who will be left behind? There are millions of people who live in this country whose sole income is Social Security or a veterans disability pension, millions who receive an income that equates to less than $7 an hour. Their income has always lagged far behind cost of living increases and, for many, the large cost of living increase likely to result from a federal $15 minimum wage would be devastating. It will take many years for the Social Security Administration and the Veterans Administration to catch up to the 'booming' economy that doubling the federal minimum wage will create.
If your fight is to assure that every American makes a living wage, be aware that accomplishing a $15 federal minimum wage will not be the end of the fight. Far from it.
The 2020's: another lost decade?
The TVA Project
Beginning with the Great Depression and continuing for 4 decades, the United States was able to accomplish big comprehensive public projects and policies that helped it become an advanced liberal democracy and industrial nation. There were the big public works projects like the TVA and programs like the Social Security Act in the 1930's, the industrial mobilization of WW2, and the Marshall Plan which saved European Capitalism in the 1940's. The 1950's saw the creation of the Federal Interstate System. And during the 1960's huge strides in social and economic justice were made with the signing of the Voting and Civil Rights Act, the creation of Medicare for the elderly and Medicaid for those living under the poverty-line. These big public government actions came to an end with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and Bill Clinton's embrace of Wall Street Banks
during the 1990's.
As we enter 2020 and beyond, will the U.S. continue to be captured by corporations that control our government or can people wrest control of the levers of power and return to an era when government collectively responded to the population's will; like building mass-public transportation projects, government-run M4ALL, expansion of the social safety net, etc. As we, the voting public, enter the primaries, we should ask the candidates running for public office what they see for the future: a wealth and financial tax to fund big government projects like in the past or continue to embrace another lost decade?
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