As a public school teacher and NEA member, I can understand the push for charter schools, tuition credits and for-profit schools. What angers me about DeVos is how hard she fights against transparency.

Also the tax cut that largely benefits the wealthiest among us. The “new” “cheaper” healthcare that makes workers dependent on employers again, has little to none of the ACA protections, and comes in a deceptively low price point designed to leech healthier, younger payer away from the ACA rolls.

Of course she doesn’t. She doesn’t even know the first thing about public education. She’s never taught, she’s never been an administrator, didn’t work for a teacher’s union...nothing. Her family absolutely decimated public education in Michigan, and did it for nothing other than to break unions and for profit.

It’s quite telling that the poor insurance workers are having crocodile tears shed for them when manufacturing and agricultural workers were told to get with the times, get trained and join the information economy.

American exceptionalism at its absolute worst.

Considering the vast majority of people will have the new insurance and very few people would pay for separate, private insurance, most hospitals/doctors would fall into line with the new system. Do you know how we can tell? It happened in Canada! And elsewhere!

“But what would the insurance people who work for those companies do!?”

Nardelli, formerly of General Electric Nardelli? No wonder. Explains everything.

Home Depot began an aggressive expansion program at the turn of the century. That money had to come from somewhere.

Home Depot began an aggressive expansion program at the turn of the century. That money had to come from somewhere.

I own an Ace Hardware (opened just a few years ago). First off, thank you for shopping local as much as you can. I know it can cost a bit more, but as a result, the folks that work here can get a good paycheck, time off when they need it, a regular schedule, health care, and be treated with respect. As a store, sure, w…

I started at HD in 1999. There was a guy in plumbing that worked full time for the benefits. He owned his own plumbing company for 25 years and sold it. He made $30/hr and would just roam around the plumbing department helping people. He taught classes 2x a week and helped people learn plumbing.

Shop wherever you want. The question you should be asking, is who you should VOTE for. Because that is what changes things.

When Home Depot first opened (nationwide), they did have individuals in the various trades that could actually help and knew what materials/products they had in stock.  Was actually a decent store for a short while.  Then the big box mentality set in and it started going downhill, followed by being bought out by…

“The Constitution protects us from government”

Some articles have pointed out that millennials aren’t afraid of “socialism” because the Republicans have spent so long calling every little government assistance program socialism that we associate the good programs with “socialism.” It doesn’t work well on us either because we grew up after the Cold War ended, and…

Notice how McCain and other concern trolls in the media will focus almost entirely on the label and not the substance. When substance is brought up, they will deflect as quickly as possible to the label, and to Venezuela, and to anything other than the actual policies and ideas being proposed.

Meanwhile, in a civilised country, the doorbell rang this evening. Went out and it was the voter registration team going door-to-door checking if there were any changes to be made.

Another tactic is to require photo ID.