Little Rock The ALEC/Koch Brothers strategy to defund public worker labor unions throughout the country continues to sprout up in southern and southwestern states even while the headlines focus on the assault in the Midwest. Bills to curtail or deny payroll deductions for public worker unions have emerged front and center in a number states …
Month: April 2015
Blue Cross Loses Its State Tax Exemption in California
Little Rock The state of California in an unusual and precedent setting move withdrew the state tax exempt status of Blue Cross Blue Shield of California. The Los Angeles Times said they did so “quietly,” but trust me on this one, their action will reverberate with a loud roar throughout the soft chairs and well-appointed …
Same-Sex Haters Can’t Compete with Corporate Sponsors
Little Rock It’s hard for the haters to adjust when they find that they are still hardcore and the American people have gone south on them, and even harder when the corporations that have often been lockstep sponsors of all of this hateration go the other way as well, because their politics are at the …