Commentary The Democratic Party, long known as the party for working people, is now for freeloaders. Democrats want taxpayers to support people who refuse to get off the couch and get a job. That’s the major reason Democrats and Republicans in Washington were locked in a stalemate for weeks over hiking the debt ceiling. The…
LIVE 6:30 PM ET: Democratic Presidential Candidate Williamson Calls for Standing Against ‘Corporate Tyranny’
Democratic Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson delivers a speech at 6:30 p.m. ET on May 18 at the National Press Club to talk about the challenges that “corporate tyranny” imposes on the American working class. She will articulate the need for a 21st-century “Economic Bill of Rights,” a proposal first made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt…
Democratic Presidential Candidate Williamson Calls for Standing Against ‘Corporate Tyranny’
Democratic Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson delivers a speech at 6:30 p.m. ET on May 18 at the National Press Club to talk about the challenges that “corporate tyranny” imposes on the American working class. She will articulate the need for a 21st-century “Economic Bill of Rights,” a proposal first made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt…
The Amazing Adventure (1936)
A bored millionaire wagers with his doctor that he can support himself at a working-class job for a year without touching his inheritance. Director: Alfred Zeisler Starring: Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Peter Gawthorne Credit: Public Domain Movie: publicdomainmovie.net * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on…
Gas Prices Expected to Surpass $6 per Gallon Nationwide by August: JPMorgan Analysts
The average price for a gallon of regular gas nationwide is expected to exceed $6 by the end of summer 2022, after surpassing $4 per gallon in all 50 states on May 17. Prices could surge another 37 percent by August to an estimated national average of $6.20 per gallon, according to a note from JPMorgan analysts…
Inflation Is Killing the Working Class
Commentary Inflation “is destroying working folks’ pocketbooks and devaluing the wages they earn and the root cause … is way too much government spending, too many social programs … and vastly too much money creation by the Federal Reserve,” Larry Kudlow, former director of the U.S. National Economic Council, said on Feb. 14. During the…
Dwindling Working Class Signifies a Rent in the Social Fabric
Commentary During a recent class I took in pursuit of an MA in history, the discussion organically turned to the current academic obsessions of race, gender, and class. No longer as brash as I was at the age of most of my classmates, I’m safe and happy keeping my mouth shut on the first two….
House GOP Memo: Build on the ‘Gift’ That President Trump Gave Republicans
Leader of the House Republican Study Committee (RSC) Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), in a memo (pdf) to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), laid out how to build on the working-class voter base that former president Donald Trump gifted the party. “President Trump gave the Republican Party a political gift: we are now the party…
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