In September, the National Restaurant Association released a survey which showed nearly 1 in 6 restaurants (representing nearly 100,000 restaurants) is closed either permanently or long-term; nearly 3 million employees are still out of work; and the industry is on track to lose $240 billion in sales by the end of the year. 100,000 Restaurants Closed … Read more
In January 2009 on inauguration day for Barack Obama, Republicans conspired to sabotage his presidency and to “make him a one term president,” as the “Enemy of The People,” Senator Mitch McConnell, vowed at the time. The fact that the country was in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and the fate of the … Read more
President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris discussed a full range of topics with reporters after an earlier meeting with a group of corporate and union leaders. These included passing the House Heroes Act, the need to access the Administration Vaccine Distribution Plan, a National COVID 19 strategy, what to do for Thanksgiving, and a … Read more
I’m reading and hearing so much shock and recrimination in the media about why Trump did so well, despite being manifestly terrible as a President and human being. The main theme seems to be that half of America is racist, stupid, knuckle-dragging, brain-washed, contemptible, and deserving only of our disdain, hatred and public shunning. I, … Read more
Howard Fischer reports today, COVID-19 funds to prop up state unemployment fund: Gov. Doug Ducey plans to put federal cash given to the state for COVID-19 relief into the soon-to-be-insolvent unemployment trust fund to save companies from having to replenish the account on their own. But unemployed Arizonans will have to continue to live on … Read more