The Beat Goes On

And the beat goes on:

"The nation's jobs crisis is so catastrophic that, unless Congress acts on the scale of the New Deal, millions of Americans will experience extremely long periods of unemployment for many years ahead," Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute, told a panel of the Committee on Ways and Means recently."

Read the rest of this strong essay by Adrianne Appel at CommonDreams.

The big boy Republicans are on vacation, collecting their outrageous salaries, visiting their top-flight medical caregivers, primping in the mirror, paying their mistresses to keep quiet, striking deals with rich friends, sailing their yachts, and so much more.

Will it ever change?

And Alexander Cockburn.