Bush and Paulson Save America from Depression!
Reblogged from Desert Dogmeh: Bet that got your attention That is the line that Mitt Romney is pushing, “I keep hearing the president say he’s responsible for keeping the country out of a Great Depression,” Romney said in front of around 200 people at an American Legion post. “No, no, no, that was President George [...]
R.I.’s women-owned businesses falling behind – PBN.com – Providence Business News
Being a woman-owned business myself, it is concerning to hear that, while there are a growing number of women-owned businesses in Rhode Island, they are employing less people. Our employee numbers in Rhode Island have decreased by 26.8 percent since 1997, and that this was the “worst decline in the country for percentage change of [...]
iFoodstamps
Reblogged from theredpillguide: Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/02/2012 12:12 -0500 Think Apple is the only thing allowed to hit new records every month? Think again: presenting iFoodstamps – the number of Americans living in poverty (or at least doing a damn good job of fooling the government in pretending they do). As of December, per SNAP this number [...]
The success and limits of economic stimulus
Reblogged from Phil Ebersole's Blog: New unemployment insurance claims It is a fact that economic recovery began after President Obama took office. I believe that the recovery was helped by his economic stimulus program and by programs already in place such as food stamps and unemployment insurance. These helped cushion the effects of the recession [...]
Chart of the Day
Reblogged from Gerry Canavan: Reasons why it feels like we’re running harder and harder and not getting anywhere in the middle class.
"Gospel Of Inequality": Santorum Praises Income Inequality
Reblogged from mykeystrokes.com: “Santorum Praises Income Inequality.” That was Fox News’s headlineabout Rick Santorum’s speech at the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday. Santorum said, “I’m not about equality of result when it comes to income inequality. There is income inequality in America. There always has been and, hopefully, and I do say that, there always [...]
Occupy Phase II
I stopped by Burnside Park yesterday with some coffee and took away some Occu-debris. Then I went to First UU, like Paul Revere (sort of). Get on downtown and join the cleanup! Amazing what they did, working till 1:30am. The tents are down, materials in neat stacks. The ground is raked, the fountain clean. All [...]
URGENT, URGENT, URGENT!
Today, Sunday 29 January, volunteers are needed at Burnside Park to pack up the tents and leave the space clean. If you have a truck, even better. Parking is awful. Bring your love energy. Providence has created the best Occupation nationwide– let’s show the world that we are ready for the next step– taking the [...]
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