It certainly isn’t if you have CEO behind your name and you work for a big corporation: Compensation received by chief executives of the biggest US companies surged 11 percent over the past 12 months — to $9.3 million on average, The Wall Street Journal reported. Citing a study conducted for the newspaper by management […]
As if this comes as any shocker: Corporate America finished the second quarter with “near-historic” profits, largely by cutting costs, laying off employees and streamlining operations, the Wall Street Journal reports. Profits for companies in the S&P 500 soared 38 percent from the same period last year, hitting $189 billion, the WSJ says, the sixth-highest […]
The Washington Post has put together a great chart to show how the Democratic tax plans actually help those making less than $250,000 a year more than the Republicans. The Democratic tax plan also costs $36.6 billion less than the Republican one: (Click for larger view) So when you look at it in simple graphical […]
That would be the meth capital of Alaska. I guess she was too busy getting those earmarks to worry about things like that though. Oh and let’s not forget that meth labs are very much on the minds of Middle America. You hear about them being shut down daily in your local neighborhoods. This could […]
This morning while talking with Harold Ford about Obama’s trip, Scarborough tried to frame it as McCain would appeal to middle America by being in a restaurant in Ohio, while Obama was in Germany. Catch that? Now when McCain is overseas, Scarborough and the rest of the right talk about it being some big resume […]
This is the biggest margin to date for Obama. I guess the pundits blew it again. It seems that the “bitter” comment isn’t hurting Obama, like they all claimed it would. As matter of fact, the AP is finding out that there isn’t much impact at all: Yes, some Democrats in Pennsylvania’s Rust Belt communities […]
As oil prices teeter above $112 a barrel, I have heard recent debates about how the high prices are good for the environment. I have been in debates about this in the past, and while people might consume less oil, it is such a wrong way to go about it. A couple of years ago, […]
Talking about Obama’s speech about Middle America, Pat Buchanan said “This is what he thinks of us?” As Cesca points out, Pat is not Middle America at all. He is a D.C. insider. To sit there and try to claim he is Middle America is an insult to Middle America. Obama said that Middle America […]
Think Progress has an interesting post up about the White House staffers getting a raise while at the same time opposing an increase on the minimum wage: This year the highest paid staffers in the White House – including Karl Rove, Dan Bartlett and Steven Hadley – got a cost-of-living adjustment of $4,200, boosting their […]
The Republicans have once again said “fuck middle America” and spent their time giving tax breaks to the rich: The Senate gave final approval Thursday to a $70 billion election-year package of tax cuts that will extend lower rates for investors and also save billions for families with above-average incomes. The Senate passed the measure […]