This article was published in the Labor Tribune on April 10, 2017 and may be found here. Missouri House passes Prevailing Wage repeal Speaker denies Democrats opportunity to speak on the measure BY TIM ROWDEN Editor Jefferson City – When Read More …
Category: Economic Fairness
Smoke As Value
The other day Wall Street declared that Tesla, as a company, is worth more than Ford. Not a surprise: according to the Motley Fool and others, the most valuable companies in the world are Apple and Alphabet (Google), followed Read More …
Killing Grandma
One grey morning at Circle Of Concern, long before the doors officially opened, a volunteer wanted to talk. The day before he and his wife delivered Meals On Wheels: one of the diners (who received help from Circle) didn’t answer Read More …
Yes For Cops – But No On St. Louis County “Prop P”
I spent the first 11½ years of my life in Hanley Hills, a large subdivision which became a municipality (a village) in north central St. Louis County. The village had a modest property tax but a lot of money came Read More …
Wage Phobia
When Missouri legislators talk about the process of getting a bill passed, they oft explain that even good ideas take years to become law. For example, the saga of Jim The Wonder Dog. Born in Louisiana but spending most of Read More …
Decoding the Poverty Agenda
The Washington Post recently ran an interesting article on what Republicans mean when they use certain terms regarding government benefit programs. For example, “streamlining” = “local control” = “block grant” = “cuts.” From Donald Trump and Paul Ryan down to Read More …