by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka President Trump didn’t want to end this shutdown—the collective action of working people demanded it. By marching, rallying and protesting together, we forced him to the table and ensured that the labor and dedication of our public servants will not be taken for granted. However, this fight is far from […]
Read More →Moody’s: Another shutdown would spell deeper pain for US economy
Another government shutdown could inflict greater harm on the U.S. economy, especially it were to happen only three weeks after the end of the longest ever such closure, Moody’s Investors Service said on Tuesday (January 29, 2019). “If another shutdown occurs, there could be a more severe impact on the U.S. economy than during the […]
Read More →90 very real direct effects of the partial government shutdown
Entire article here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/10/politics/shutdown-effects-list/index.html Federal workers are more concentrated in some states Employees of federal departments affected by the shutdown per 100,000 workers
Read More →The Commerce Department’s April 2018 Release of Trade Balance Data – Pain & Broken Promises
Deciphering the Commerce Department’s April 2018 Release of Trade Balance Data Statement of Lori Wallach, Director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Note: U.S. trade data for the first four months of 2018 will be released by the U.S. Census Bureau Wednesday morning. Continuing its previous trend, the U.S.-China trade deficit is predicted to increase […]
Read More →Trump, the Worst President in American History
America has had its share of crooks (Warren G. Harding, Richard Nixon), bigots (Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan), and incompetents (Andrew Johnson, George W. Bush). But never before Donald Trump have we had a president who combined all these nefarious qualities. America’s great good fortune was to begin with the opposite – a superb moral leader. […]
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