Where are the US jobs? Ask the corporate cash hoarders The Guardian ...Corporate tax breaks won't boost the economy. If unemployment is to fall, giant companies must invest in job creation...
Maddow: Romney demanded opponents’ tax returns and lied about residency in 2002 Raw Story ...In the 2002 gubernatorial campaign, it was alleged that Romney had gamed his taxes to qualify to run for governor. The Massachusetts Democratic Party said that Romney had lied about filing jointly as a resident of Massachusetts and Utah, a charge that the Romney campaign denied and denied and denied until the very last minute when they were forced to admit that yes, the charge had merit and that Romney had filed retroactively...
India Blackout Foreshadows US Event The Daily Impact ...The United States is edging ever closer to the kind of power-grid failure that put 600 million Indians — ten per cent of the population of the planet — in the dark for two days this week. The reasons for the threat are the same here as they are there: one, no one is taking care of the grid...
Report: Over half of all super PAC spending comes from just 47 millionaires MSNBC ..."[O]ur research shows that outside spending groups that aggregate unlimited contributions are distorting our democracy, functioning as megaphones for (sometimes unseen) millionaires and moguls," the report says...
Michigan attorney general knocks unions' bargaining-rights ballot bid Reuters ...A coalition of unions, supporters of the "Protect Our Jobs" measure, submitted petitions with nearly 700,000 signatures, twice the number needed, to get the measure on the ballot. Petition challenges must be filed by the close of business August 8, and a decision whether to place it before voters by a state election board is expected by mid-August...
Teamsters Local 406 Michigan on Strike Fight Back News ... The 57 gravel pit workers and drivers went on strike July 19, at 11:30 a.m., after the company refused to budge in negotiations. Grand Rapids Gravel is demanding $6 per hour in benefit cuts. The Teamsters came back with $3.26 in givebacks, but were forced out on strike anyway...
