Fred’s Focus: A $17 Billion Question
I have a question for my old friends in the coal-mining towns of northeastern Pennsylvania.
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Fred’s Focus: The President of Blue Collar America?
As my coal miner pop told me almost 60 years ago, “Republicans are the party of the rich son, but blue collars didn’t seem to mind.”
Fred’s Focus: Privatizing America
Turning to big business for revenue is the only option they will have after years and years of starved income under a Republican controlled Congress.
Fred’s Focus: Regaining the Trust of the Working Class
The 30 years following World War II were shaped by substantial economic growth and shared prosperity. So when and why did that change?
Fred’s Focus: The Millennial Vote
Our polarized campaigns often tell voters the story of winners and losers. So what happens when large chunks of voters “lost” in the primary? Are these groups going to “lose” in the main election?
Fred’s Focus: The Labor Movement’s Fight for Justice Turns to Fight for Survival
It’s Labor Day weekend. The end of the summer for some. The start of the political season for others. For too few of us, it is a reminder of the sacrifices and initiatives of workers – and the unions that represent them- that have made life better for all Americans.
Are We a Democratic Nation?
In general Alexis de Tocqueville thought America was indeed a democratic nation. It’s doubtful if he would have that opinion today.
Fred’s Focus: Promises to Make and Keep
What can the next president do for working Americans? Meaning: what promises can either of the candidates make now that can be accomplished in the next four or eight years?
Fred’s Focus: Faith in Closing the Inequality Gap
Another powerful force came into play in 2012 that has made a major change in the nation’s knowledge of the poor among us.
Fred’s Focus: A Fourth Decade of Decline
It was in the 1980s that public and private institutions began separate but complementary assaults on the American social contract. Tragically, America has let the decline go on…and on.
Fred’s Focus: Pushing Consistently Bad Policies
Consistent on producing terrible, recreations of failed policies, that is. There is nothing creative, new, or substantive in any of his proposals.