Category: Income inequality solutions

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce $8 Billion available to Coastal States voting for Trump plus Calif & Puerto Rico to mitigate costal erosion. What’s wrong? It’s a small amount & selective. America needs to spend $1 Trillion every year to fix infrastructure, mitigate climate events, pollution, & inequality. Money to all the People. Not a minority

January 25, 2020

http://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/climate/climate-change-funding-states.html

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce A commission headed by Harvard, recommends sweeping changes to Labor Law & makes it easier to Unionize. A strong Labor voice, would assure higher wages and make it more difficult to classify employees as contractors. These Laws are ready once a more progressive administration takes over the White House. Our GDP and productivity will increase with well paid labor

January 23, 2020

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/23/overhaul-us-labor-laws-unions-workers-power-report

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce NRA shaped Interior Depts policy. Another case history of Special Interest Lobbyists making policy for the Trump Administration. Corporate Power & profits have precedence in the Trump White House. The needs of “we the People “ go unnoticed

January 23, 2020

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/23/revealed-e-mails-show-that-nra-shaped-gun-policy-at-interior-department

The global economy is likely to rebound in 2020, but the IMF warns of eerie parallels to the Roaring Twenties – The Washington Post

January 20, 2020

This year is likely to see a “sluggish recovery” for the world economy, the International Monetary Fund said Monday. But it warned of deep problems with inequality and debt. — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/20/global-economy-is-likely-rebound-2020-imf-warns-eerie-parallels-roaring-1920s/

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Trump administration weighs in on anti trust cases it isn’t a Party to in order to maintain Big Businesses monopolies. They’ve gone against Government Agencies to maintain Corporate Power. Trump is not a man of the People. Read FT article!

January 20, 2020

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AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Revised NAFTA have workers a seat at the table because Dems in Congress insisted. China Deal has no provisions for workers & no Congressional support. It’s a win wi for Bog Businesses & Finance in particular. Banks can use their $40 Billion safety net to “play” with in China. With Trumps deal there’s nothing for Labor

January 20, 2020

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trumps-china-deal-was-pitched-as-boon-for-working-class-but-he-celebrated-with-wall-street-titans/2020/01/19/dfdf6296-3968-11ea-bf30-ad313e4ec754_story.html

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Relief is being planned for yellow cab drivers who were coerced into taking out large loans to finance cabs. De Blasio considering relief of $500 Million ! Wait and See

January 16, 2020

http://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/nyregion/nyc-taxi-medallion-bailout.html

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Episode 11 links: Life vs Corporate Money, Plus events this week!

January 14, 2020

Video Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw5flR54muM&feature=youtu.be Episode #11  Description The Australian bush fires are very much in the news. Australian’s are fed up with their government’s policy of catering to the Coal Mining Industry. They know their Climate,  weather and death are due to the exploration and export of Coal & Fossil Fuels. One Billion animals have died in … More AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce Episode 11 links: Life vs Corporate Money, Plus events this week!

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce With $3Trillion in vestments Larry Fink will divest from coal to more sustainable industries. Encouraging other investment firms to invest in sustainable industries with a low Carbon footprint. MoralMoney has arrived with Impact investing

January 14, 2020

http://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/business/dealbook/larry-fink-blackrock-climate-change.html

AmericaSpeaks TheVoiceOfJoyce The Gateway project, adding to train lines from New Jersey to NY and expansion of Penn Station has been stalled by the Department of Transportation, headed by Elain Chow, Mitch McConnell’s wife. This is considered the most important Infrastructure project in the COUNTRY, Why not fund it? Partisan politics 👎

January 13, 2020

http://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/nyregion/penn-station-gateway-tunnel.html