Tag Archives: Obamacare

It’s Time For the 30-hour Week

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Don’t look now, but we should soon have the 30-hour work week as the standard, instead of the 40-hour work week last enshrined during FDR’s New Deal. Why, when Americans now work more hours than any other … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Outrage, Mr. President?

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Where’s the outrage, Mr. President, when the New York Times just reported that at least 250 Disney World employees have been discharged, with many forced to train their own foreign replacements that have temporary H-IB work visas? Those … Continue reading →

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Baltimore and the Lessons of Inequality

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs David Brook’s most recent New York Times Oped talks about the dissolution of social bonds in Baltimore neighborhoods. “Even in poorest Baltimore, there once were informal rules of behavior governing how cops interacted with citizens,” he says in … Continue reading →

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A Ted Cruz Presidency?

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs Texas Senator Ted Cruz is about to announce his candidacy for the 2016 presidential campaign. What would his presidency look like, if he were elected? “Mr. Cruz has also begun championing a message of economic populism,” said the … Continue reading →

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Republicans Are the Real Socialists

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly The new Republican Congress is exposing a not surprising fact. Its first actions are attempts to water down The Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act, and repealing Obamacare—which will pass the risks of financial meltdowns and … Continue reading →

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The Bully Mentality

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Why does the USA have such a problem with bullies?  Whether in the schools, in politics, or on Internet social media?  The result has been teenage suicides, horrendous school shootings by students who felt bullied or belittled, … Continue reading →

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The Ryan Budget Myth and Obamacare

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Representative Paul Ryan has come up with his latest Republican budget proposal, and it changes nothing. It neither promotes economic growth, nor reduces the budget deficit, as with past Republican budget proposals. That’s because its real target … Continue reading →

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What Should We Be Thankful For?

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs There is still much we can be thankful for this Thanksgiving, in spite of tax raises and government spending cuts that affect mostly the poorest—whether it’s less food stamps, early child care, environmental protection, and maybe even fewer … Continue reading →

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It’s Not About Obamacare!

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Financial FAQs We know the federal government’s shutdown isn’t really about Obamacare. We know this because Tea Party Republicans have been trying to shut down government since the 2010 election, as MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and others have pointed out. The … Continue reading →

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Debt Ceiling, Obamacare Debates Will Boost Government’s Role

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Popular Economics Weekly

Popular Economics Weekly Tea Party Republicans apparently aren’t aware of the damage they inflict on their own party and constituents in attempting to shut down the federal government, if Obamacare isn’t delayed or repealed. For a shutdown will prove once … Continue reading →

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