Category:Economy

Dialogues in The Echo Chamber: Letters from the Unemployment Office

Posted on Updated on by Mark MamerowCategories:Economy, Politics, Wisconsin

Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots Mark Mamerow., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis Curley, and Geoff Carter From the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, February 6, 2022: ‘It’s not like we don’t have enough jobs here in Wisconsin’: Ron Johnson won’t try to land Oshkosh Corp. …
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Dialogues on the State of the Unions: Letters from a Closed Shop

Posted on Updated on by Mark MamerowCategories:Economy, History, Michael DiMilo, Social Commentary

Artwork by Micheal DiMilo Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark Mamerow, Dave S., Mark O., Dennis Curley, and Geoff Carter Time for balanced reporting. And I’m not sure anyone has actually said the fall of the unions was no fault of the unions….but if they are even thinking it—ya’ll better duck for cover. Though I’ve done no …
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Resignation Spring

Posted on Updated on by Geoff CarterCategories:Economy, Michael DiMilo, Pandemic, Social Commentary

Artwork by Michael DiMilo During the height of the COVID quarantine, over 9.6 million Americans lost their jobs (Pew Research Center). Restaurants, theaters, and other public venues were forced to close immediately, but every sector of the economy was eventually affected—and still is. After schools closed, many working parents had to stay home to care …
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Kickass and Credit World

Posted on Updated on by Bill StokesCategories:Economy, Humor, Kickass

Wikideas1, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in observing the incredible growth of the credit industry as new banks spring up on hot real-estate corners everywhere, and the credit union gang does a major overhaul of its lavish facilities. The stats on the credit card load carried …
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Personal Space

Posted on Updated on by Geoff CarterCategories:Culture, Economy, Social Commentary, Technology

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter On July 11th, billionaire Richard Branson launched himself fifty-three miles into the atmosphere—to the very edge of space, taking a slight edge in a three-way race between himself and other multi-billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to establish a space tourism industry. Bezos plans to launch his self-funded …
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Unnatural Selection

Posted on Updated on by Geoff CarterCategories:Economy, Social Commentary

Photo by Francesco Califano on Unsplash By Geoff Carter This has been a period of unparalleled prosperity in this country—for the few. While the average wage-earner’s take home pay has stagnated, giving them less real buying power than it did even ten years ago, a few rich and powerful citizens have seen their fortunes grow almost exponentially. According …
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Step Right Up: A Primer in Sidestepping Taxes

Posted on Updated on by Mark MamerowCategories:Economy, Money, Politics

Photo by Pixabay from Pexels By Mark Mamerow Them that’s got shall get Them that’s not shall lose So the Bible said and it still is news —“God Bless the Child”, Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. The muckraking site ProPublica recently published an expose on the ridiculously low levels of income taxes paid by the superrich. Using data …
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