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Right-Wing Immigration Rhetoric Crashes Into America’s Labor Shortage

September 12, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Right-Wing Immigration Rhetoric Crashes Into America’s Labor Shortage

Farmers, builders and hospitality employers need immigrant labor. The right’s demagoguery cannot erase the workforce reality sustaining America’s economy.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Agricultural Workers, Construction Workers, Documented Workers, Donald Trump, EAD, Employment Authorization Documents, Farm Workers, H-2A Visas, Hospitality Workers, ICE, immigrant rights, immigrant workers, immigration, Immigration Reform, Jacky Rosen, labor rights, labor shortage, legal immigration, Mass deportation, Progressive Politics, Trump Immigration Policy, U.S. Economy, unions, Work Permits, worker rights

Trump Promises $5,000 If Republicans Win: Why Opponents Should Take It Seriously

September 12, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Trump Promises $5,000 If Republicans Win: Why Opponents Should Take It Seriously

Trump says adults could get $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress. Here’s why the promise matters politically—and what the law, budget math and economists actually say.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: $5, 000 checks, 2026 Midterm Elections, campaign promises, Congress, congressional approval, direct payments, Donald Trump, Election Law, federal deficit, federal spending, inflation, political communication, political messaging, Republican Party, stimulus checks, tariff revenue, Trump Dividend, U.S. Economy, vote buying, voter turnout

Republicans Break the Economy, Democrats Fix It—Why Does America Keep Forgetting?

August 20, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Republicans Break the Economy, Democrats Fix It—Why Does America Keep Forgetting

Democrats repeatedly inherit Republican economic wreckage. History, GDP data, jobs, and inflation expose the myth that Republicans manage the economy better.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: barack obama, Bill Clinton, capitalism, Democratic Party, Democrats, Donald Trump, economic growth, Economic Inequality, Economic policy, GDP, George W. Bush, Great Recession, income inequality, inflation, job growth, joe biden, K-shaped economy, Labor, middle class, Paul Waldman, progressive economics, Republican Party, republicans, Supply-side economics, trickle-down economics, Trump Economy, U.S. Economy, Unemployment, wages, working class

Trump’s Anti-EV Agenda Is Helping China Win the Global Auto Future

May 19, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Trump’s Anti-EV Agenda Is Helping China Win the Global Auto Future

China builds the future while Trump protects the past. America is slowing down while China races ahead. Workers will pay the price of America’s clean-energy retreat.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Auto Industry, Batteries, China, clean energy, Climate Policy, electric vehicles, Energy Transition, EVs, gas prices, industrial policy, Jobs, manufacturing, Oil Crisis, Politics Done Right, Progressive Politics, renewable energy, tariffs, Trump, U.S. Economy

Young column: At the post, in tangerine silks, on his horse Stagflation

December 1, 2025 By John Young

There are so many reasons to grade down the vengeance jockey in the White House. So many reasons why the latest AP poll finds 61 percent of Americans firmly in the “disgusted” lane.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: 2024 election, Artificial Intelligence Economy, Consumer Frustration, Economic Anxiety, Economic Indicators, Economic Justice, Economic policy, Federal Trade Policy, food prices, GDP Growth, Government Blame Game, Grocery Prices, Hamburger Helper, inflation, John Young, Political Commentary, Political Satire, Sneakflation, Stagflation, Stock Market vs Reality, Tariff Impact, tariffs, Tomato Prices, Trade War, U.S. Economy, Voter Disgust

A lazy Bill Maher using capitalist talking points slamming Democratic Socialism was embarrassing.

November 16, 2025 By Egberto Willies

A lazy Bill Maher using capitalist talking points slamming Democratic Socialism was embarrassing.

Bill Maher is using his platform to promote billionaires’ Democratic Socialism fearing message because of Zohran Mamdani’s effective deconstruction of a failed economic system in digestible form.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Bill Maher, Billionaire Influence, Capitalism Critique, Democratic Party Future, Democratic Socialism, Democratic Socialists of America, DSA, economic, Justice, Left Politics, Media Critique, Media Misinformation, Medicare For All, Political Commentary, Political Establishment, progressive movement, Progressive Politics, single-payer healthcare, Social Democracy, U.S. Economy, Vermont Healthcare, wealth inequality, Zohran Mamdani

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