For TWIP this week, I’m going to opine on Terri Lynn Land’s odd stance on climate change and conservative lawmakers’ attempt to appeal to women through terribly misguided – and quite frankly unfunny – sexist posturing. Progress: the process of improving or developing something over a period of time. That’s the goal, people. This Week…
Our conservative elected officials have a habit of feeding corporate lobbyists past midnight, causing them to multiply. You want a $1.8 billion unaccountable tax giveaway? You want fries with that? You want tax breaks for big oil? Would you like that spoon-fed? You want to silence the voice of Michigan voters that want a $10.10…
During her embarrassing visit to the Mackinac Policy Conference, Terri Lynn Land sat down with MLive for an interview and was asked the question: “Can you describe some concrete policy ideas to address Michigan’s chronic poverty problems?” Land’s answer was about as empty and void of “concrete policy ideas” as they come: It’s about good…
After this week, I’m feeling somewhat harrowed. Now to progress! This Week in PM Blogging: Shots fired in the War on Women After the House Committee on Government Operations passed a laughable minimum wage substitute bill, the dust settled, the score was tallied and once again, conservatives proved that they’re leading the charge in the…
“How high?” Apparently, that’s the only question Gov. Rick Snyder asks the big business community when they demand something from him. Here’s a list of the jumping Snyder has done so far at the behest of the business lobby: -Gov. Snyder gave big business a $1.8 billion tax giveaway that came at the cost of a…
Everyone have a safe and fun Memorial Day weekend. The only thing I ask is to remember why we have it. This Week in PM Blogging: A Penny Earned is a Penny Spent Wait, what? The sky won’t fall if we raise the minimum wage? It will actually help create jobs? A new report puts…
I was at the House Government Oversight Committee meeting today where lawmakers were taking testimony on SB934, a bill that would scuttle the efforts of the Raise Michigan Coalition to give families a wage that would help lift them out of poverty. This bill is not about raising the wage. It’s about undermining the voice…
The idea that raising the wage of the country’s lowest paid workers will result in massive layoffs has always been a laughable concept that the far-right loves to push on the minimum wage debate. “If we raise the minimum wage the sky will fall,” they say. “Not true,” says facts. Raising the minimum wage to…
There might be a lot of progressive news from the past week, but the only thing on my mind is the nerve of Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville. I’m mad as hell — and you should be too! Let’s do it. This week in PM blogging: Minimum Wage & Moms In honor of Mothers Day…
I had dinner with my mom the other week after going and seeing a movie together. During our mother-son chat, we got talking about my work on the Raise Michigan Coalition campaign to raise Michigan’s minimum wage to $10.10 for ALL low-wage workers. My mom, who is a social worker, asked me what the current…