The Progressive Era was a response to the exploitation of children in the industrial work force. Child Labor in the Progressive Era: Child labor during the Progressive Era was an outgrowth of the exploitative practices of the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution (1820-1870) was a period of rapid development of new technologies and production methods. … Read more
Following the last banking collapse in 2008, caused by the banksters of Wall Street and their subprime mortgages fraud scheme, Congress enacted the bare minimum of new banking regulations in Dodd-Frank to prevent the so-called “too big to fail” banks from engaging in this kind of risky speculative investments again. Republicans were largely opposed to Dodd-Frank, … Read more
Update to Fact Checking GQP Propaganda On Federal Debt: Republicans Are More Than Equally To Blame. Kenny Stancil writes for Common Dreams, House Freedom Caucus economic hostage-takers issue latest ransom demands: A cadre of far-right [extremist] Republicans announced Friday that they may only vote to raise the debt ceiling if Congress agrees to cut hundreds … Read more
“Budgets are moral documents.” – Often attributed to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” – President Joseph R. Biden. The Associated Press reports, Biden rolls out budget plan, challenges GOP to follow suit: President Joe Biden on Thursday made an … Read more
While Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell is busy trying to crash the economy and to cause a recession to satisfy the banksters of Wall Street who would like nothing better than high unemployment if it meant they can pay less interest on the borrowed money they live on, the top-line jobs creation number remained … Read more