Bob has already touched on his feelings about the recent news about Northwestern’s very efficient profiteering at the expense of Montanans struggling to pay for heating bills in colder weather, but I thought it would be interesting to look back on the company in the past year or so. Maybe we just misunderstand the difficulty [...]
It’s always been abundantly clear that Dennis Rehberg is more interested in those who make millions than those who struggle to make ends meet. While you and I are struggling with gas prices that seem to have no ceiling, Representative Rehberg says we shouldn’t tinker with a “free market” that has brought us to such [...]
Senator Baucus certainly deserves credit for one thing. Being able to make this remark to a reporter about increasing access to health care without bursting into laughter must have taken a remarkable degree of self-control:
“I want the Finance Committee to be ready, to be ahead of the curve,” he said. “That’s why I’ve begun hearings, [...]
There’s no doubt that Yahoo, the Internet search that no one in their right mind ever uses, behaved despicably when turning over data to the Chinese government that was used to jail a political dissident. It’s a relatively simple equation: the company decided that it would be profitable to do business with the Chinese government, [...]
So the new minimum wage has been in effect for over nine months now, and I thought I'd offer some thoughts:
Last summer I was making seven dollars an hour. With minimum wage going up a dollar, I am now making…eight dollars an hour.
But I'm paying more for everything, right?
Nope. Prices are the local [...]