Bloomberg does the economy

TheProfessor — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:38:19 GMT

Why do you trolls salivate over every twitch by this moneyed dwarf? Didn't you learn anything from your crush on FRED? Why do I even ask?

Bloomberg does the economy

no_more_clintons, OH — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:39:24 GMT

Obama/Bloomberg ? Bloomberg/Obama ?

Bloomberg does the economy

Kathryn in Bham — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:46:48 GMT

Wow -
It didn't realize how much I agree with him. I am all for making incentives for people to work - that is the supply/demand principle our economy is based on. Lets get paid for the hard work we do, not penalize us for the hard things we endure (marriage and family) - and yes, that is sarcasm - and get my generation back to the real world where we realize that a)the government doesn't owe us anything more than we are willing to put into it and b)you reap what you sow. Good plan! As long as we are willing to do the work our economy will grow; however, if we continue to be lazy and expect the government to hand us an extra dollar so we can get out and spend it our jobs will continue to be outsourced and our economy will continue to feel the squeeze.

Bloomberg does the economy

TEC-SPRING-TX — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:50:15 GMT

Finally someone speaks with knowledge and does not bring the baggage of the religious right and the political correctness of the far left. He would have my vote in a minute. We can spend billions in Iraq, but not one dime for Americans.

Bloomberg does the economy

--NSMsnbc — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:52:41 GMT

" ...these measures could modestly benefit Americans, and there is some value in that."
--What Congress is proposing sounds to me more like an insurance policy to help alleviate the pain of a recession than a stimulus plan to prevent a recession.

" ...that the best way to pump money into the economy in the short-term and get something out of it in the long-term is to finance immediate infrastructure projects that cities and states can’t afford. Why not put people to work on these projects right now?"
--Conservatives hate the New Deal, and I'm actually not quite sure why. The current bi-partisan proposal sounds like a hand-out to me, whereas what Bloomberg proposes actually creates jobs, makes people earn money and plans for the future.

Bloomberg does the economy

lupercal, deltona, fl — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:54:26 GMT

woot woot! obama/bloomberg 08! <b> BECAUSE POLITICS SHOULD BE ABOUT TRANSFORMATIONS RATHER THAN TRANSITIONS, OR FAIRYTALES INTO THE PAST (read Billary).

Bloomberg does the economy

Jim James, Dallas, Texas — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:56:56 GMT

The fact that these fools keep hyping this Bloomberg nobody shows me that the will do anything to keep a Democrat from winning.

Bloomberg does the economy

Scott Tepper, Malibu — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:59:13 GMT

Sounds like Bloomie is going to run, which is a shame. The only way the Pubs can win in 2008 is if someone like Bloomie saps the Demo vote. The Pubs aren't going to vote for him, especially if the ticket is McCain-Romney (what a love fest that would be!), and Clinton-Richardson or Clinton-Graham will have a hell of a time getting as many votes as the Pub nominee.

So it looks like Bloomie will go down in history, not only as a brilliant and successful billionaire, but also as Ross Perot II, the spoiler candidate who tossed an unwinnable election to the Pubs. So, if he runs this time the Pubs won't even have to steal it!

Bloomberg does the economy

Chaz — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:00:03 GMT

Bloomberg will run if Clinton wins the nomination. If he does, then Bloomberg should ask Obama to join him on the ticket. Obama will properly have the chance to be on the Clinton ticket, but he should refuse.
A Bloomber/Obama ticket can beat anyone - including Clinton.

Bloomberg does the economy

Ram, Redmond, WA — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:00:37 GMT

Way to go!

If Obama or McCain are the candidates and one of them wins the election,Bloomberg should become Treasury Secretary.

If Obama is president, he should offer Hillary chief of staff role as she seem to be eager to organize Obama's paperwork and keep track of him.

If Hillary is candidate, I will be happy as lifelong Republican.

Bloomberg does the economy

Fairness, Orange Ca — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:07:17 GMT

Hillary Clinton Wal-Mart's Corporate Lawyers ----- While Wal-Mart Discriminates Against Women
The glass ceiling at Wal-Mart showed cracks last month when a sex discrimination lawsuit by six California women who work or have worked for the $256 billion retail giant received class action status. In a case that began last year, the workers charged Wal-Mart with systematically discriminating against women in pay and promotions.

Two thirds of Wal-Mart's 1.2 million U.S. workers are women.

On June 22, U.S. District Court Judge Martin Jenkins certified the gender-bias lawsuit, Dukes v. Wal-Mart, to cover more than 1.6 million current and former female employees of Wal-Mart's 3,586 U.S. retail stores back to Dec. 26, 1998. The ruling includes its discount stores, super centers, neighborhood stores and Sam's Clubs.

"I'm in this for the long haul. I have no fear in my spirit at all of Wal-Mart," lead plaintiff Betty Dukes told the New York Times. (June 23) Dukes, a 54-year-old African-American woman and an ordained Missionary Baptist minister, decided to take action after seeing men promoted over her during 10 years at Wal-Mart in Pittsburgh, Calif.

The workers' lawyers say this is the biggest class action ever certified against a private employer. The historic legal action by women workers could force Wal-Mart to award more than $1 billion in back pay alone--the difference between what Wal-Mart underpaid the women and what they should have earned since 1998.

Systematic gender bias

Statistics supporting the gender-bias lawsuit--available at www.walmartclass. com and www.walmartvswomen.com--show a systematic pattern of discrimination by Wal-Mart against women workers.

Women were regularly paid less than men for the same work--from 5 to 15 percent less in similar positions. Although 65 percent of Wal-Mart's hourly workers are women, only one-third of its managers are female--well below industry norms. Men hold 90 percent of Wal-Mart store manager positions.

Wal-Mart tried to argue that it had no national policy against women. But expert testimony in the case showed gender-based wage disparities exist in every region in which Wal-Mart operates.

Wal-Mart's practices are so anti-woman that the National Organization for Women dubbed Wal-Mart its "Merchant of Shame" in its Women Friendly Work place campaign in 2002. (www.now.org)

Labor, women and communities unite

Hillary Clinton Wal-Mart's Corporate Lawyer, while Wal-Mart was Discrimnate Against Women

The gender-bias class action lawsuit comes on the heels of a number of labor and community campaigns and legal actions against the anti-union behemoth.

Women workers sue Wal-Mart:
Wal-Mart pays workers a miserly $8 an hour on average--without benefits--while topping the Fortune 500 as the biggest private employer in the United States.

In February, a Portland, Ore., federal jury found that Wal-Mart owed 70 store managers overtime pay after forcing them to clock out and then work for free. Similar cases are pending in 31 states.

Federal raids last year, which forced hundreds of undocumented workers from their jobs, revealed that Wal-Mart used cleaning subcontractors that exploited immigrant workers.

The Food and Commercial Workers union is continuing efforts to organize Wal-Mart workers in the United States and Canada--where workers at a Wey burn, Saskatchewan, Wal-Mart recently signed up to join the union.

"An organized voice for workers is the solution for the problems--from low pay to inadequate health care, from high turnover to discrimination--at Wal-Mart. The Dukes case is an inspiration for all other Wal-Mart workers that, acting together, they, too, can bring change to the work place," said Food and Commercial Workers President Joe Hansen.

The union also joined community groups in Chicago and in Inglewood, Calif., to prevent Wal-Mart from setting up low-wage, big-box stores in those cities. And it is publicizing the women's gender-bias case on its web site at www.ufcw.org.

In June the Service Employees union joined the fight, pledging $1 million at its annual convention to "work with national and local groups to pressure Wal-Mart to improve wages and working conditions and to be a better neighbor."

Meanwhile, the gender-bias case against Wal-Mart is making an impact on working-class shoppers like Debra Enah of Minneapolis-St. Paul. "I don't want to be part of a store that doesn't have a heart for women," she told the Star Tribune. "Women do most of the shopping here. They could lose a great deal of customers."

Bloomberg does the economy

Adam/Brooklyn New York City — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:10:55 GMT

If it's Hillary vs McCain. I'm voting for Bloomberg.

Bloomberg does the economy

Carey Campbell — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:51:09 GMT

We Need Michael Bloomberg for President.

www.DraftMichael.com

Bloomberg does the economy

John Alexander — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:58:32 GMT

Here is your new messiah Sierra, slobber over this one too.
No third party winner, no VP slot for Bloomberg no news here, move on.

Bloomberg does the economy

opa2 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:20:28 GMT

Just another rich guy throwing his billions around and trying to buy the power he could NEVER get had he run in the republican primaries. He would have had to run against Rudy, the guy from his own party and his own state.

Bloomberg does the economy

Lech Ma'az Helsinki, Finland — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:07:21 GMT

Looks like Mike is the only candidate who thinks like me. I'll vote for him if he runs - even if the pollsters tell everyon he can't win.

Bloomberg does the economy

Rick Dean — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:19:14 GMT

Michael Bloomberg is arguably New York City's greatest mayor. No mayor has ever been promoted to the presidency, but if there is any election that has defied conventional thinking, it is this one. The stars will align in his favor by late February; Clinton vs. Romney will give him the opening he needs. Bloomberg can get the 35% of the popular vote, but needs to confirm that 270 electoral votes are within reach (hence the sophisticated research).
Vs. Clinton-Romney, I'd put his chances of winning at 20%.
Vs. Clinton-McCain, he will have a hard time securing the 270, and probably won't run.