by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 6, 2020 | • Politics, Barak Obama
How Capital Strikes Yanked Barack Obama’s Presidency to the Right Excerpt from Levers of Power: How the 1% Rules and What the 99% Can Do About It , by Tarun Banerjee, Michael Schwartz, and Kevin A. Young (Verso Books, July 2020). The Barack Obama administration...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 8, 2019 | • Politics, Barak Obama, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy, Jobs
Trump didn’t transform the economy – it’s mostly the same as it was under Obama By President Trump has not transformed the U.S. economy for the better, as he promised he would. It has not “exceeded expectations,” as he claimed in a speech...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 20, 2019 | • Politics, Barak Obama, Donald Trump
Opinion | Obama’s presidency will be hailed as transformative. Trump’s will be viewed with scorn. As it was with George W. Bush and every other president who preceded him, Barack Obama made policy decisions I found troubling. Obama once described the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 16, 2017 | • Politics, Barak Obama, Economics & The Economy
How Obama’s Failure To Prosecute Wall Street Set The Stage For Trump’s Win In his eight years as president, Barack Obama oversaw a civil rights renaissance , laid the groundwork for combating climate change , and shepherded the nation through its worst...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 14, 2016 | • Politics, Barak Obama
Back in early September we learned this about Barak Obama. I’m thinking now how this is more important than ever. Obama: once out of office, I’m gonna stop being polite and start getting real He made the comments to historian Doris Kearns...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 20, 2009 | • Politics, Barak Obama
A look at some images from the The Tea Party’s Taxpayer March on Washington last week…. 9/12 Tea Bagger Hate...
