I’m happy to see HB 308 introduced in the PA state house.
Tag: labor
‘Tax Return To Office’ is a political policy platform that can maybe go places.
HiFi – Welcome to WWIII, the stupidest internet war. Mar 11 at 1:56 PM Policy thought: If I were a politician, I’d tax corporations who required work from office at a higher rate, as their plantation mentality requires their employees to consume valuable resources such as petrol and time.
Former McKinsey & Company partner presides over mortifying gaffe at federal agency.
Someone should investigate the incompetence going on at CMS.
Democratic Governor Tim Walz does Trumpian Return To Office.
This is NOT a progressive move and Walz should be shamed harshly by Democrat voters in Minnesota for acting like a right-winger on telework.
Kevin Hassett has been wrong a lot and who knows what’s going to happen because of the economic disruption and corruption going on.
Talking about economic uncertainty due to the continued tariff related fruit basket upset, Kevin Hasset told CNBC that things will clear up after April 2nd. This is the same Kevin Hasset who has been repeatedly and outrageously wrong.
AI doesn’t exist, but Republican politicians really want to replace human doctors.
I’m sure not for themselves, but certainly for the general public according to some doctor politicians.
The Trump Musk Return To Office – closets, rooms without desks, wifi-fi, or even lights!
Back in January I said that the Trump administration was taking modern workplaces back to the dark ages, and I didn’t realize that would include also into the literal dark, that federal workers would be forced back to offices without even lights. ‘It was messy’: Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desks, Wi-Fi and […]
Gavin Newsom is pushing state workers to get butts in seats downtown for fossil fuel and business interests.
This guy’s sad podcast platforming a far right bigot isn’t the first or only extremely anti progressive garbage from Gavin Newsom. Just write this guy off.
Fossil fuel, commercial real estate, and mid level megalomaniacal managers are behind anti-telework RTO.
The REAL Reasons CEOs Hate Remote Work – SOME MORE NEWS Feb 12, 2025 “Hi. We’ve been told that 2025 is the year that remote working will die, despite it often being good for workers and their employers. CEOs hate it though, and they’re working to get rid of it.“
The problem with “no tax on tips” and the tip-ification of the job market.
I recommend listening to AOC’s response to the presidential address purely for the very good explanation of what’s wrong with the idea of “no tax on tips” and the perverse “unintended consequences” that would come out of that. AOC responds to Trump’s Congressional Address | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Mar 6, 2025 I highly recommend keeping […]
Trump admin ramps up push for butts in seats downtown for fossil fuel & commercial real estate.
Government Executive – Agencies to soon detail how they will overcome unions, office space issues to bring all staff in-person The White House and OPM are asking for specifics in how agencies will comply with Trump’s return-to-office order. January 27, 2025 Eric Katz Senior Correspondent ‘You have to show up to work, basically,” Trump said. “You […]
Kash Patel to work from home while Trump claims federal employees who telework are “not working”.
And wow, I wonder why he wants to work from this home so bad, which isn’t even his own.
Donald Trump is a remote worker at Mar-A-Lago.
Jesse Dollemore pointed out that Donald Trump is himself teleworking while his administration has been campaigning against telework for federal workers, he’s hanging out at Mar-A-Lago. I pointed that out last month, that Trump and also Elon Musk spent the campaign teleworking from Mar-a-Lago, not any office. Butts in seats downtown for “The Economy” (aka commercial real […]
Tycoons are again making company towns, and they’re even more dystopian.
There’s no way I want to live as some dystopian feudal subject…
AI is not the answer to human problems.
Going all in on vaporware is a bad idea – especially gambling on this with taxpayer money.
DEI initiatives being targeted for elimination are in place for adherence to disability accessibility laws.
The media should be asking stuff like “What are these agencies doing in place of DEI initiatives to comply with ADA law?” because that’s what it comes down to.
Don’t listen to bad advice on civic engagement.
If you want to engage in democracy, consider carefully about where you get advice.
Trump & Elon downsizing the government.
Trump administration offers all federal workers Elon Musk Twitter styled job buyout framed as a way to avoid Return To Office mandates.
Bird flu ought to be taken seriously.
“Without immediate nationwide livestock testing and isolation, expanded wastewater surveillance, and rapid vaccine distribution to at-risk populations, the virus risks mutating into a form capable of sustained human transmission—repeating the catastrophic delays of COVID-19.”
Lattimer massacre.
The Lattimer massacre was the killing of at least 19 unarmed striking immigrant anthracite miners by a Luzerne County sheriff’s posse at the Lattimer mine near Hazleton, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 1897.
Going viral doesn’t happen by chance.
The reality of powerful paid organizing behind media promotion.