So much for the alleged breakup between the Republican Party and newly “woke” corporate America. Republicans are still the servile lickspittle lackeys for the corporatocracy, protecting corporation’s low tax rates. Even though corporations have been demanding an infrastructure bill for years, the catch is that these freeloaders want someone else to pay for it, or … Read more
The Hill reports, House approves $1.9T COVID relief in partisan vote: The House on Wednesday approved President Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package in a starkly partisan 220-211 vote, sending the legislation to the White House and clinching Democrats’ first big legislative victory in the Biden era. No Republican lawmakers backed the legislation [so … Read more
The “lamestream media” coverage of passage of the COVID-19 Relief bill tended to focus on the fact that it was not “bipartisan,” i.e., that not one Republican in Congress voted for the most popular bill since raising the minimum wage in 2007, supported by 76% of Americans and even 60% of Republicans. That is almost … Read more
The U.S. had a recession in 1990-91 during George H.W. Bush’s one term as president. Although the recession was relatively mild and short-lived, it was characterized by a jobless recovery. Unemployment continued to rise in 1992, an election year, and was a contributing factor to Governor Bill Clinton defeating George H.W. Bush that year for … Read more
On Friday, CNN reported that House Democrats unveil full $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill with minimum wage increase: House Democrats took another step Friday in their effort to advance a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, releasing the full bill text, which includes an increase in the federal minimum wage to$15 per hour, $1,400 direct checks … Read more