Archive for 'Jobs' Category

States most likely to REJECT austerity to lower unemployment are Republican

Rope-A-Dope: a boxing term coined by heavyweight prize-fighter George Foreman in his 1974 “Rumble-in-the-Jungle” with Muhammad Ali. Foreman… clearly winning… repeatedly pinned a battered Ali against the ropes, landing dozens of punches on the weary ex-champ. But the joke was on Foreman. While exhausting himself by pounding away at his opponent, Ali was “resting up” against [...]

GOP “Austerity” is Crippling Economic Recovery. And more IOKIYAR. (UPDATED)

Okay, this is going to be another brief but “numbers-heavy” debunking session, so let’s wrap this thing up for all you NeoCons douchebags out there who stumbled across this page in a Google search for the “Numbers-porn” that masquerades as “facts” on the Fox News website. As I surmised Friday night, this insane Republican adherence to [...]

BULLETIN: Public sector job cuts continue to cripple recovery

SPECIAL BULLETIN: The employment figures for April were released today, reporting that the economy barely broke even, creating just 115.000 new jobs… or so the story goes. When broken down between private and public sector job creation, once again, the NET number of new jobs created is dragged down by cuts in the PUBLIC sector [...]

“Just the facts, Ma’am.” Important numbers for the Water Cooler Wars.

Now that this election year is in full swing, we keep hearing a lot of “pseudo-facts” being tossed about “like Godzilla with a railroad car” (h/t to TV’s Dan Castinella for the metaphor.) Bush’s former economic adviser Mitch Daniels had the gall to (falsely) claim “Ronald Reagan inherited a bigger economic mess than President Obama did” and yet [...]

Privatizing the Good News, Socializng the Bad. When the GOP takes credit and when they don’t.

A little over a year ago, I predicted that the moment the economy started to show signs of improvement, despite not being in office long enough to pass ANY legislation that might impact jobs, Republicans would be quick to dismiss the presidents policies of the past two years and take full credit for the improved [...]

The Truth About the Keystone XL Pipeline: Few jobs, higher gas prices, eco disaster (updated)

BREAKING NEWS: Frequent readers of M.R.S. already know how I feel about the proposed “Keystone XL pipeline” and the absurd level of hyperbole from Conservatives regarding the supposed windfall of jobs it would produce along with its ability to bring down gas prices, while downplaying the environment consequences. With the deep pockets of BigOil and [...]

Obama On Track to Surpass Reagan’s Jobs Record

[PopUpFad=GROUP=widget:RANDOM=NO:SESSION=NO] Two years ago, I posted the job-creation stats for every president since Jimmy Carter, making the point that Democrats have been FAR better for the economy than Republicans. Despite being repeatedly vilified by the Right as “an abject failure”, Jimmy Carter actually created MORE jobs annually (2.6million) than Ronald Reagan (2.0million) (second only to Bill Clinton – 2.9million). [...]

Responding to Stupid. Republicans ‘correcting’ Democrats need a clue

[PopUpFad=GROUP=widget:RANDOM=NO:SESSION=NO] Special post-SotU Edition Listening to Bush’s Budget Director… Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels… lecture President Obama on the size of the deficit was like being lectured to on political ethics by Richard Nixon. When President Bush took office, he had a budget surplus and the government was on track to pay off the Debt by 2014. Instead, the Debt [...]

Boehner Called out on “Do-Nothing” Congress. “Jobs” Plan is exactly what you think it is… and less.

[PopUpFad=GROUP=widget:RANDOM=NO:SESSION=NO] When will these people figure out they’re not fooling anyone? Speaker of the House John Boehner appeared on Fox “news” Sunday yesterday and received (what qualifies as) sharp criticism from host Chris Wallace on the abysmal record of this “Do-Nothing Congress”:   Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash [...]

The unspoken subtext of Gingrich and Perry’s attacks on Romney: THEY KNOW Cannibalistic Capitalism is Wrong.

[PopUpFad=GROUP=widget:RANDOM=NO:SESSION=NO] They KNOW. And it’s clear now that they’ve always known but didn’t care. In an all-out effort to stop Mitt Romney from locking up the GOP nomination almost before the race has even started, fleeting former favorites Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry have taken to criticizing just how Romney made his fortune: as a Corporate Raider that [...]

Why the economy is so bad. And why Obama should be trusted to fix it.

[PopUpFad=GROUP=widget:RANDOM=NO:SESSION=NO] Happy New Year. I hope all my readers had a safe and happy holiday. A friend of mine asked me recently about my “Lists” of reasons not to vote for any of the Republican candidates for president, wondering if perhaps “someone other than Obama might do a better job” at fixing the economy? The [...]

Mugsy’s predictions for 2012: “The apocalypse never comes when you want it” Edition (UPDATED)

[PopUpFad=GROUP=widget:RANDOM=NO:SESSION=NO] Where to start? Every year since 2006 I’ve dug deep into my toy-chest, pulled out the turban from my “Ancient Secrets Magic Kit”, rubbed my lucky penny for good luck, and concocted my annual “Predictions for the coming year”. And by the end of that year, I always expect to find I did really poorly… but [...]