Archive for the 'economy' Category
Prediction: Athens in Flames by Next Week
Greece just passed more austerity measures.
On my drive into work this morning, the riots in Greece were the lead story, with the reporter stating that the protests had grown immeasurably from the small group of anarchists the day before. The cops were firing tear gas into the crowd. i don’t know how that’s [...]
Open Letter to Coca-Cola and Pepsi: You Lost a Customer for Life. Go Fuck Yourselves.
Yesterday, Philadelphia’s City Council voted overwhelmingly to save our failing schools, led by an incompetent and probably corrupt superintendent, by raising property taxes by nearly 4%, the third such hike in three years. The competing proposal, to tax soda pop by 2 cents a bottle, was defeated. I wonder why?
Meanwhile, anti-soda-tax forces were [...]
Allyson Schwartz Should Shut Her Piehole about Wiener’s Wiener
Updated Below
Oh look, here’s pennsylvania’s favorite family-destroying scold, Allyson Schwartz, calling for Anthony Wiener do step down. Someone tell this loudmouthed sack of shit to shut her piehole.
Let’s get some shit straight, shall we? Anthony Wiener’s penis pictures don’t hurt me. They don’t damage my relationship with my fiancee. They don’t take money [...]
Dear Senator Merkley: Stop Wasting My Fucking Time
Email from the AM, purportedly by Jeff Merkely, Oregon Democrat:
brendan -
Yesterday, the price of regular gasoline in Oregon hit $3.90 a gallon – and $4.30 for diesel. And while our families and small businesses are struggling to keep up with these skyrocketing fuel prices, the world’s biggest oil companies are posting billions in profits.
Just [...]
Corbett Brings the Pain to Working Parents
Philly SD losing 3,820 jobs, full-day K:
In a pre-School Reform Commission budget briefing, Philadelphia School District Chief Financial Officer Michael Masch said that to close a $629 million budget gap, the district must lose about 16 percent of its workforce – 3,820 jobs. That includes a reduction of 1,260 teaching jobs, or about 12 [...]
Why is Earned Sick Time Even Controversial??
My friend Lauren’s working on a campaign to guarantee earned sick time for more than 200,000 working Philadelphians who have to either go to work sick or lose wages. I don’t understand why this is even controversial: it just makes common sense:
Research shows that employers who offer paid sick days have higher productivity and [...]
Philadelphia: Beware of Republicans Promising “Reform”
Earlier this week, the Philly Weekly reported on the city’s Republican town hall debate. All of them had interesting things to say, too much for me to provide a synopsis in a blockquote.
At the same time, no matter what any of these candidates say, I discourage all Philadelphians from voting for even [...]
Credit Where Credit is Due
Obama’s budget address was not that bad. I liked that he went after the wealthiest among us, including that shitty tax cut extension he agreed to (however, I highly doubt that it will be allowed to expire in 2012, an election year).
What I’ve learned with this president is that you have to watch what he [...]
Personal Responsibility and States’ Rights
Noted GOP hypocrite and closet case Lindsey Graham has a sad:
Not all Republicans were celebrating Tuesday about the fine print of the $38.5 billion in cuts House Republicans managed to wrangle in last week’s 11th-hour budget showdown. Tea Party loyalists who wanted tens of billions more cut from this year’s spending were shaking their heads, [...]
Equal Pay Day
Preznit Hopey McChange celebrates equal pay day….
…after dealing women’s reproductive rights away for the second time in a row.
So ladies, the president wants you to make equal money, even though it’s hard to find full-time employment when you’re pregnant with a baby you don’t want because you can’t access an abortion.
