-
ncstagger commented on the blog post Why Were Expiring Stimulus Measures Expected to Pass in Super Committee?
Absolutely. Although I was thinking making the Bush Tax Cuts permanent was the real goal, along with raising the Medicare age, slashing Medicaid and some “trimming” of SS.
I firmly believe OWS stopped this.
For now.
-
ncstagger commented on the blog post Administration Announces Student Loan Changes
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program really does not help a lot …
I disagree. Working for a local health department I will never be “rich”, never aspired to be, but having my loans forgiven in 10 years (got 7 to go now) is the only way I can see getting them cleared by the time I have to start paying for my own kid’s college costs which likely means more loans. Without this program I would be on the hook for 25 years.
-
ncstagger commented on the blog post Occupy Together Live Blog: Day 39, Police Launch Early Morning Siege on @OccupyOakland
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.” — Mahatma Gandhi
So winning is next :)
-
ncstagger commented on the blog post Occupy Together Live Blog: Day 39, Police Launch Early Morning Siege on @OccupyOakland
Hmmm, just made donation to what I assume is a national NLG entity. I’ll take your advice on contacting folks here if I can figure out how to contact ‘em…does this mean I have to join Twitter!? My kids will mock me…:)
-
ncstagger commented on the blog post Occupy Together Live Blog: Day 39, Police Launch Early Morning Siege on @OccupyOakland
-
ncstagger commented on the blog post Occupy Together Live Blog: Day 39, Police Launch Early Morning Siege on @OccupyOakland
Oakland Gestapo tactics have accomplished …. me donating to Occupy Supply Fund.
Wonder if there is also a legal defense fund to help the arrestees?
-
ncstagger commented on the blog post Live Blog for #OWS: The Struggle Over Park Space in America
maybe the occupy groups should incorporate then they might have some rights since individual american citizens seem to have lost theirs
-
ncstagger commented on the diary post Occupy Raleigh, NC (Part 5) Occupation is Complicated by gnomedigest.
“The occupation is not a welfare agency.” Or maybe it is. Maybe what this whole thing is about is creating a new way of living..together. Set up a medical area, find qualified people to staff it as possible for those who are unable to contribute to the cause. Give everyone else a job to do, [...]
-
ncstagger commented on the blog post The Roundup for August 2, 2011
Thats Greenville, South Carolina.
-
ncstagger commented on the blog post The Age of Austerity is Here
Only six Dems (and Sanders) voted against the bill.
-
ncstagger commented on the blog post Senate Debt Ceiling Watch Party — Part VI, The End
Yes but knowing there was not going to be enough sack in the Dem caucus to get 41 votes against, could not ONE principled Senator file an actual filibuster to stop this bill or had Mr Reid somehow removed that option?
-
ncstagger commented on the blog post Senate Debt Ceiling Watch Party — Part VI, The End
So I’m guessing there was no opportunity to filibuster this?
-
ncstagger commented on the blog post White House Hopes Catfood Commission II Takes Bush Tax Cuts Off the Table for Them
CC II is nothing more than a sham with the goal being permanent extension of the Bush/Obama tax cuts.
-
ncstagger commented on the blog post Whip the Super Congress: Head Count #1
Can’t this be stopped in the Senate if just ONE senator filibusters?
-
ncstagger commented on the diary post CNN Interviews on Debt Deal: Knaves, Thieves and Liars by Scarecrow.
When enlisting in the military is one of the only remaining ways to feed your family there will be no shortage of cannon fodder.
-
ncstagger commented on the diary post CNN Interviews on Debt Deal: Knaves, Thieves and Liars by Scarecrow.
“…I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin’ I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin’” “I saw a white ladder all covered with water I saw ten thousand [...]
-
ncstagger commented on the diary post CNN Interviews on Debt Deal: Knaves, Thieves and Liars by Scarecrow.
Bush tax cuts will of course end up permanent…probably lower corporate tax rate too. And we’ll need a new war soon. Good times ahead!
-
ncstagger commented on the diary post Mitch McConnell for President! Or, No Wonder Ed Schultz Is Confused by Scarecrow.
Ed was great until near the end of the health care debate when it became clear there would be no public option or expansion of medicare and he suddenly went from a position of “we have to have a public option component” to well hey its a lot better than nothing…cant get everything you want, [...]
-
ncstagger commented on the blog post Obama and His Confidence Fairy Godmother Make Remarks on the Economy
So what happened to the load of crap back in January about how we just had to extend those Bush tax cuts to get rid of “uncertainty” in the economy and help all the job creators. They got the damn tax cuts, they’ve had the damned tax cuts for over a decade and WHERE ARE THE JOBS!!!! Still, all these two-faced liars do is cut more jobs, cut more taxes, cut spending on social programs and increase military spending!
The citizens of this country are no longer adequately represented in their government.
-
ncstagger commented on the blog post Firing Provision in Wisconsin Bill Could Chill General Strike Talk
Yes he could fire everyone. And he could try to replace them but he will not be able to do it in many cases, at least not in a fast time frame due to requirements for the jobs. There are many state jobs such as teacher, engineer, sanitarian, police, etc, etc that require specific licensures, certifications and/or college degrees. These jobs cannot be filled by pulling in any unemployed person off the street.
Going on strike does put your job at risk. It should be a last resort.
- Load More
