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Congressman Yarmuth Links Jobs and Healthcare

by: RDemocrat

Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 21:51:45 PM EST

Despite some inner bickering, one thing Kentucky Progressives agree on is that Congressman John Yarmuth of Kentucky's Third Congressional District is Congressman awesome. A co-sponsor of HR 676 and constant friend to the working American Yarmuth has been a leader in the Congress since first elected in 2006. Yarmuth was at it again in a video released today, linking the lack of Universal Healthcare directly to the loss of jobs in his district and calling out Mitch McConnell for delaying the process of fixing a broken healthcare system.
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5500 Rally At Whirlpool Plant In Evansville, Indiana Photos And Videos.

by: Hillbilly

Sat Feb 27, 2010 at 08:52:43 AM EST

 Cross posted at Daily Kos

February 26, 2010 Evansville, Indiana. Click here to see our previous post about Whirlpool moving 1100 of our jobs to Mexico.
The folks in Evansville, Indiana let Whirlpool know that moving to Mexico might not be a good idea. We covered the event with photos (click here to view photos) and videos (the videos are after the page break) hoping to give our readers a flavor of what transpired in Evansville, Indiana February 26, 2010 and according to our sources the Evansville police estimated 5500 were at the rally.

Richard Trumka had this to say: "What’s happening here in Evansville is a head-on collision between corporate greed and failed economic policies-and it’s happening all across our country." Click here to see the video.

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Workers Rally At Whirlpool Plant In Evansville, Indiana Video

by: Hillbilly

Sat Feb 27, 2010 at 08:36:40 AM EST

Give Whirlpool a call, it's toll free (800) 422-1230.

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Richard Trumka Tells Whirlpool Like It Is. Thank You Richard!

by: Hillbilly

Sat Feb 27, 2010 at 08:22:43 AM EST

Richard Trumka Tells Whirlpool Like It Is. Thank You Richard! from James Pence on Vimeo.

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Tell Whirlpool: Enough is Enough!!

by: RDemocrat

Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 11:13:10 AM EST

Across the Ohio River from Kentucky in Indiana is the city of Evansville. For years, American workers have made quality appliances at the Whirlpool factory there. Now, Whirlpool has decided to close this factory down and put 1100 more Americans out of work. It it even more outrageous the circumstances under which they plan to do so.
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Glenn Beck Barks Like a Dog, Licks His Own Butt

by: RDemocrat

Thu Feb 18, 2010 at 11:11:09 AM EST

While I have been disappointed by the direction of this Administration one thing remains true. When they took office our country was disasterously close to a Great Depression. A Depression wrought by the irresponsible policies of greed enacted during the Bush years of being rubber-stamped by an uncaring Republican Congress. While I personally feel the stimulus did go far enough, the Looney Tunes on the right are now deeming the whole bill a failure. Yes, talking heads like Glenn Beck may bark like a dog, but the facts show they are just licking their own butts.
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The Taliban Benefit Plan. A Good Job And A Pension, From The USA?

by: Hillbilly

Mon Jan 25, 2010 at 17:49:03 PM EST

Need a good job and a good retirement plan America? Sorry that's reserved for the Taliban.
AFP
Afghan President Hamid Karzai unveiled an ambitious Western-funded plan Friday to offer money and jobs to tempt Taliban fighters to lay down their arms in an effort to quell a crippling insurgency.
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Working Families?? Think Again

by: RDemocrat

Tue Jan 19, 2010 at 15:15:20 PM EST

Want to know how bad the economy the Republicans crashed has been for America?? All one has to look at is the numbers for working families. Sadly, millions of American families are stuck with both breadwinners unemployed. Besides having a "lost generation" of young folks who cannot find a job, we also are quickly gaining a "lost generation" of parents that are unemployed.
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Another Poll for Lawmakers to Ignore

by: RDemocrat

Thu Dec 10, 2009 at 15:39:43 PM EST

Ah, here we go again. Last night I wrote this diary about how basically the American people are losing faith in President Obama, hate the healthcare bill in the Congress because it scares the hell out of them, do not care much for the leadership of Democrats in Congress and simply cannot stand Republicans. In fact, the only thing they really like about all of this is the only thing they will not get, a Public Option.  
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Will the "Jobs Proposal" be Another Insult to American Workers??

by: RDemocrat

Tue Dec 08, 2009 at 21:13:42 PM EST

Today President Obama came up with a proposal to create jobs and deal with his Achilles heel among Republicans, unemployment. Of course these same hypocritical Republicans seem to forget it was their policies and President that caused the hemmoraging of jobs in the first place, and America has a short memory.
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Boehner and His Corporate PAC Golf Parties

by: RDemocrat

Tue Nov 24, 2009 at 18:40:55 PM EST

Not long ago we found out that my Republican Congressman, Exxon Ed Whitfield had been partying hard and living the high life in Hollywood on PAC money.  Well, not to be outdone by any Floridian, I mean Kentuckian the most elite Prince of Orange has made sure that Exxon Eddie does not get to have all the fun.
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Stimulus Shows America Needs Investing in

by: RDemocrat

Sat Nov 21, 2009 at 15:57:43 PM EST

Democrats and particularly President Obama have been taking a lot of heat over the stimulus bill. Now, a lot of people that complain about the stimulus so loudly try to attribute the TARP bailout somehow to Obama too. Despite the fact that Obama was not President when the economy crashed and the banks were bailed out suddenly it is all his doing.  
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Younger Workers Get Even More Bad News

by: RDemocrat

Thu Oct 01, 2009 at 21:48:21 PM EDT

We have been detailing at some length of the diminishing opportunities faces the young in this country. Not only the diary just linked, but an earlier one here. Now, as if young Americans needed it even more disturbing news is coming out about how the policies of the last several decades, some supported by both parties are killing opportunity for young workers and threatening to make them the first "Lost Generation" in our history who actually will make less and be worse off than their parents or grandparents.
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Verizon-Frontier Sale: Abandoning Rural America

by: TheElectricalWorker

Fri Sep 18, 2009 at 11:49:33 AM EDT

(Thank you for calling this to our attention!! - promoted by RDemocrat)

Verizon’s plan to sell its local phone businesses in 14 states -- including rural America -- to Frontier Communications poses significant risks to consumers, workers and communities.
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AFL-CIO Details "Lost Generation"

by: RDemocrat

Thu Sep 03, 2009 at 00:53:42 AM EDT

One of the key components to the American Dream has always been that one generation wants their children to be more secure than they were. For many generations this pattern seemed to play out nicely as the middle-class was created and thrived. However, Corporate control of our elected officials and government has reversed that trend. With outsourcing, and other cost-cutting measures young workers today face huge challenges and very well may see their their own future security be less than their parents.
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1100 Jobs Bite The Dust, In Indiana

by: Hillbilly

Tue Sep 01, 2009 at 04:55:15 AM EDT

Evansville Indiana will lose 1100 jobs.
AP
Whirlpool said it will move the production of refrigerators with freezers on top to a company location in Mexico, where they are cheaper to produce. Ice makers produced in Evansville will be moved to a yet-to-be-decided location.

AP
"This decision is around cost," she said. "We had to take a look at which plant we could get the best cost position in, and because top-mount refrigerators are not in the demand that they used to be and they're more of a commodity item, Mexico offers us the best cost platform to continue to produce (them)."
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Even the Insured Benefit from Real Health Reform

by: RDemocrat

Tue Aug 11, 2009 at 13:03:14 PM EDT

One of the strategies that has been employed by the right to some success is to pit those that have health insurance against those who do not. They try to scare those who have insurance into believing they will lose it or be forced onto a public plan if reform passes. This is because polls have shown that a majority of folks who do have health insurance are happy with it. What the right fails to tell you though, is that the health insurance these folks have is not at all secure.
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Republicans Smell Blood in the Water on Jobs

by: RDemocrat

Thu Jul 09, 2009 at 15:40:26 PM EDT

What is the best thing to do when your party rubber-stamped the failed policies of it's own failed President and collapsed the economy?? Lie and propogandize voters about it of course. Republicans in Congress while passing the de-regulation, and spend and spend policies that crashed our economy while they controlled the Congress and White House now smell blood in the water over jobs. Jobs they themselves eliminated.
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John Boehner: Look in the Mirror

by: RDemocrat

Mon Jun 29, 2009 at 20:05:15 PM EDT

The complete and total hypocrisy of the Republicans sometimes is too much to bear. I seem to remember one party totally in power for six years that gave birth to all the failed policies that crashed our economy. That was the Republican Party with Boehner as one of it's "leaders". Now he is worried about a lot of things that used to make him happy.  
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Coal Industry Costs Kentucky Taxpayers

by: RDemocrat

Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 21:39:38 PM EDT

The debate over Coal was raging before I was born and probably will be long after I am gone. Personally I do feel that we should move away from Carbon based energy as soon as possible but I realize that in my state many people are employed by this industry. Although living in Western Kentucky I never considered myself as personally impacted as some but when lives and livelihoods are in debate you can understand why passions can run pretty high.
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