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Politics and Prose: Sarah Huritz- Interviewing Meredith Fineman: ‘Brag Better’
“Do you do a lot of hard work that goes unnoticed? Do you find it difficult to talk about yourself and your accomplishments? If speaking up for yourself and those around you makes you nervous, you are not alone. Professional development expert Meredith Fineman, founder and CEO of a leadership development and career counseling company, […]
Ask Phillip Williams: Larry Garfield- Other People’s Money (1991) ‘Failure to Innovate, Obsolescence’
“Larry the Liquidator discusses how to kill a company.” From Ask Phillip Williams Larry Garfield (played by Danny DeVito) is right about one thing in this speech (and that might be the only thing) which is when you stop innovating and you get comfortable, you lose your edge, that’s when you start falling and stop failing. […]
TCM: The Candidate (1972) Natalie Wood’s Cameo
“After winning the California Democratic primary, U.S. Senate candidate McKay (Robert Redford, who recruited his friend and former co-star for this appearance) meets Natalie Wood, his wife (Karen Carlson) and campaign manager (Peter Boyle) in tow, in Michael Ritchies The Candidate, 1972.” From TCM “Natalie Wood cameo on “The Candidate” (1972) Natalie Wood and Robert Redford.” […]
METV: ‘Can you tell the difference between Alfred Hitchcock and Rod Serling?’
“Rod Serling and Alfred Hitchcock are both giants in the entertainment industry, especially among horror and sci-fi fans. They both were excellent at what they did, both clashed with censors who sought to constrain their work and both set examples that are still being imitated today. They were obviously also very different. How well do […]
Real Time With Bill Maher: ‘Monologue: Live Free or Die Hard’
“Bill recaps the top stories of the week, including President Trump’s underwhelming Tulsa rally and Joe Biden’s strong lead in the polls.” From Real Time With Bill Maher Whether the Tulsa Arena seats 15,000, or 19,000 for any other POTUS (that’s President of the United States, for all you Americans not familiar with the American form […]
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Tag Archives: Low-Income Workers
The New America Foundation: New America Weekly- Lara Burt- TANF and Teachers: How Current Policies Are Keeping Single Mothers Down and Out of School
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: The New America Foundation: New America Weekly- Lara Burt- TANF and Teachers: How Current Policies Are Keeping Single Mothers Down and Out of School It’s not that TANF or the … Continue reading
Economist’s View: Opinion- Alan Krueger- The Minimum Wage: How Much is Too Much?
Source: Economist’s View: Opinion- Alan Krueger- The Minimum Wage: How Much is Too Much? Good question, because how is a job where the employee bags groceries, rings up groceries, makes cheeseburgers, cleans up after people, takes orders from customers, worth. … Continue reading
Brookings Institution: Center on Children and Families: Ron Haskins: $2 a Day, A More Complete Picture: The Next Stage of Welfare Reform
Source: Brookings Institution: Center on Children and Families: Ron Haskins: $2 a Day, A More Complete Picture: The Next Stage of Welfare Reform I agree with Ron Haskins here that when today’s Progressives say that Americans in poverty only live … Continue reading
VOA News: Janet Weinstein- Activists- Higher US Minimum Wage Still Not High Enough
VOA News: Janet Weinstein- Activists- Higher US Minimum Wage Still Not High Enough The so-called conservative economist in this piece, said something that is simply false and perhaps even insulting to minimum wage workers, that I have to correct, or … Continue reading
Slate: Opinion: Jay Porter: A Small Business Owner’s Care For Raising the Minimum Wage: Better Living Standards, Better Competition
Slate: Opinion: Jay Porter: A Small Business Owner’s Case For Raising the Minimum Wage, Better Living Standards, Better Competition The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger … Continue reading
Brookings Institution: Video: Robert Moffitt: Questions About EITC’s Role in the Safety Net
. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger The whole point of the Earned Income Tax Credit which was signed into law by Richard Nixon or Gerald Ford, hardly Socialists, or even Liberals, was to encourage … Continue reading
The Democratic Strategist: Opinion: Robert Creamer: How to Fight Economic Inequality
The Democratic Strategist: Robert Creamer: How to Fight Epidemic Economic Inequality This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Perhaps someone should explain to me how someone with a good education, who works hard and is very … Continue reading
AP: Video: Living on Minimum Wage: One Mother’s Story
Living on Minimum Wage: One Mother's Story – YouTube. I’m in favor of raising the minimum wage to 10-12 dollars an hour under certain conditions. Like a break for small employers and allowing them to deduct thirty percent of it … Continue reading
Washington Post: Opinion- Harold Meyerson- Washington City Council Stands For Fair Wages and Against Wal-Mart: The Benefits of The Minimum-Wage & Job-Training
The Washington Post: Opinion- Harold Meyerson- Washington City Council Stands For Fair Wages and Against Wal-Mart I like this move involving Wal-Mart that the Washington City Council made for these reasons. Washington is already one of the most expensive and … Continue reading
