Posts by cassandra_m

The Center for American Progress has put together a great infographic putting into context the policy choices at hand in an economic environment where we have a government hell bent on putting taxpayer dollars into the pockets of wealthy people and corporations -- at the expense of the people who have been hurt the most by current economic conditions:

Today is probably a good day to start cleaning up your yard. Certainly *I* should do that, but there is other stuff going on too, like a panel discussion on the potential for a City of Wilmington School District (from 9AM til noon at the Carvel State Office Building Auditorium), the spring Household Hazardous Waste event (at Frawley Stadium) and the Delaware Home Show at the Chase Center.

This is a Ted talk by Nigel Marsh (runs about 10 minutes). He is the author of a couple of books, but this is the first time I've seen him. This talk is funny and very, very wise -- something for all of us to think about over the weekend:

Rather than rely on one of our commenter's recitation of the arguments of his overseers, let's take a look at *real data* that shows how squeezed Middle Class Americans are:

This video is from C-SPAN, where he also responds to callers: