Venture Capitalist Nick Hanauer explains the economic ecosystem and how income inequality is hurting our economy in this presentation at TED. Here’s an excerpt from the video… [...]
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Rich people don’t create jobs… Only consumers can create jobs. A must watch! Yes, it sure is working. Carry on, citizens, nothing to see here. At a time when government jobs statistics are under scrutiny as never before, preliminary data released Thursday showed that Wisconsin lost an estimated 6,200 private-sector jobs in April. April showed the second consecutive month of private-sector job losses in the state, according to [...] Why is Scott Walker smiling? Because he's convinced himself you're too lazy to see through his phony job numbers! I am an interested amateur when it comes to questions of economics. I have read a lot and talked to actual economists from time to time (I maintain a regular correspondence with a few), but [...] Earlier today “Terry the Wolf” and other concerned citizens gathered today outside a Chamber of Commerce breakfast at the Holiday Inn in Eau Claire where Republican State Sen. Terry Moulton was scheduled to do a little speechifying. Sen. Moulton, who is the target of a recall election, was focused like a laser on job creation [...] Earlier today the Democratic Party of Wisconsin (DPW) filed a complaint with the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB) alleging Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s recall election campaign illegally coordinated the release of farcicial new new jobs numbers that magically pulled roughly 57,000 jobs out of a hat with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, a state [...] Republican Gov. Scott Walker, on the magic his administration performed by manufacturing new “jobs” numbers showing job growth in Wisconsin (emphasis added): “…I think that’s good news, not just for me personally, but I think it’s good news as we mentioned to small business owners here, for employers who are looking to grow and expand [...] Scott Walker's Updated Job Numbers are like a Shiny New Kopek! And about as valuable! Data has always been putty to be molded by propagandists into informational power. Through the inclusion of irrelevant data or the exclusion of relevant data, these students of Stalin use the data to fabricate a “reality.” They rely on the [...] Said gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker in 2010: “If you elect me as your next governor, I’ll get government out of the way and lower the tax burden so Wisconsin business owners and factories can create 250,000 jobs and 10,000 businesses in our state by 2015.” The only problem with Walker’s promise? Wisconsin has actually seen [...] The West Allis PPA has flipped for Barrett. On Friday, a day after the video was released to the press, the West Allis Professional Police Association, which had endorsed Walker over Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in November 2010, announced it was backing Barrett in the June rematch for governor. “I didn’t think I’d ever be [...] |
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