NY GOP backs Senate Candidate Who Opposes Child Labor Laws (for 3/21/12)

The New York GOP recently endorsed Wendy Long for its party's candidate in the 2012 elections for a U.S. Senate seat for the State of New York.  She received 47% of the GOP vote in the the State Primary elections.  Long once worked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as a law clerk.  She even praised Thomas for rendering laws banning child labor as unconstituional.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/03/19/446819/new-york-republican-convention-backs-tenther-opponent-of-child-labor-laws-for-us-senate/

New Hampshire GOP Proposes Ending Lunch Breaks (For 2/10/12)

Two New Hampshire legislators, J.R. Hoell and Kyle Jones, proposed legislation to end lunch breaks for all workers in their State. Hoell thinks this creates too much confusion for seasonal employers with shorter shifts. Jones is 20 years old, has experience working at Burger King, and foolishly says it is a commonsense practice that does not need to be legislated. He knows little about labor relations as writers, unions, and labor advocates are in an unending war against business lobbyists to stop worker abuse since businesses do not care about their workers as they get as much profit as possible for business owners. The pursuit of profit has driven businesses to pay workers poorly, deny them needed safety or health protections, and even fail to pay for injuries incurred on the job. Middle-class workers do not want to wonder on a daily basis what dumb laws like this one that ignorant and uneducated legislators are making. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/10/1063446/-Lunch-Break-You-Don-t-Need-No-Stinking-Lunch-Break-or-Republicans-Propose-the-Darnedest-things-?via=spotlight

Romney Tax Plan Least Generous to Top 1% Among GOP Candidates (for 1/8/12)

Mitt Romney wants to give millionaires and billionaires even more tax cuts they don't need. But, among GOP Presiential candidates the least generous to the Top 1% of the wealthiest Americans. He would still tax a millionaire's income at an effective rate over 25% on everything above $1 million. Newt Gingrich's plan would see even steeper tax cuts for the wealthy, as nobody would face a rate over 18%. Millionaires would face an effective tax rate of 11-12%. Under Rick Perry, Nobody would face a rate of ovr 20% and millionaires would face a rate of 15%. Under Herman Cain and his infamous "9-9-9 Plan", millionaires would pay the lowest tax rate of everyone. This is the worst plan of all as everyone from $35,000 to $200,000 would face the highest tax rates. Millionaires currently face a top rate of 35%. They are not suffering. They cannot get more tax cuts with the possibility of Medicare or Medicaid cuts in the near-future. That would be inhumane. http://news.firedoglake.com/2012/01/06/relative-to-gop-field-romney-tax-plan-gives-less-to-the-rich/

Birther Joke From Matt Romney Over Dad Mitt's Tax Return (for 1/1/12)

Occupy Wall Street protesters may not be happy with the job Obama has done as President, whether it includes failing to end the Bush Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, reforming healthcare by enacting a single-payer system, bring home all the troops fighting abroad, or pass climate legislation. But, they undoubtedly do not approve of conservatives and other right-wingers making birther jokes questioning whether or not Obama is an American citizen. They want to see them instead push Obama to actually come up with proven, non-ideological ideas to solve our nation's biggest problems. They do not want Matt Romney, son of leading GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, cracking jokes about President Obama's birth certificate when he gets questioned on when Mitt will release his tax returns. http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/12/mitt-romneys-son-obama-should-release-birth-certificate-grades.php

Unemployment Extension Standoff (for 12/8/11)

GOP Representatives in Congress want to slash federal unemployment assistance from 73 weeks to 33 weeks. GOP state legislators also want to restrivt access to unemployments, even as job applicants often need to submit several dozen resumes to get one callback. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/08/unemployment-extension_n_1137403.html?ref=unemployment