Sen. Lautenberg reintroduces anti-bigger trucks bill
Sunday, May 12th, 2013Sen. Lautenberg reintroduces anti-bigger trucks bill U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) yesterday re-introduced legislation aimed at preventing bigger and heavier trucks from traveling on federal highways. The Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act of 2013 (SHIPA) would apply the current tractor-trailer truck weight limit of 80,000 pounds and length limit of 53 feet to the [...]
Buy American Mention of the Week
Saturday, May 11th, 2013Buy American Mention of the Week “American-made” vs. “Buy American” By Roger Simmermaker May 11, 2013 I always get a puzzled look when I ask people (usually when giving a speech) how many like to buy American-made products whenever possible, and then follow up that question by asking how many like to ‘Buy American.’ Most [...]
Democrat Gordon Hintz pioneers new method of criticizing Republicans
Friday, May 10th, 2013Here they go again… Republican hypocrisy run amok. If it didn’t happen so often, it would be shocking. It seems like every day, there is more bad news for Wisconsinites as we battle against Scott Walker and the Tea Party Republicans in the State Assembly. One of the most recent examples? The [...]
DOT and Congress Plan to Push Company-Friendly Legislation
Friday, May 10th, 2013TEAMSTERS URGE CONGRESS TO STOP DANGEROUS INCREASES IN TRUCK WEIGHT AND SIZE DOT and Congress Plan to Push Company-Friendly Legislation (WASHINGTON) — Today, the Teamsters, the Truck Safety Coalition, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and representatives of several families who have suffered death and injury as a result of truck crashes, held [...]
Buy American Mention of the Week
Saturday, April 27th, 2013Buy American Mention of the Week Re-thinking re-shoring By Roger Simmermaker April 27, 2013 Everyone has heard of outsourcing and offshoring, but not everyone realizes the negative economic consequences to the nation that results from the closing of domestic manufacturing plants and the shipping of those jobs overseas. Replacing American workers with foreign workers adds [...]
Buy American Mention of the Week
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013All-American food and beverage By Roger Simmermaker April 13, 2013 There’s a lot of talk these days about how America should not be dependent on foreign oil, but what about independence from other items like the food we eat and the beverages we drink? Isn’t that just as important, if not more so because we [...]
Gov. Walker’s fateful decision on rail Rejecting federal train funds will haunt the state for decades to come
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013Marc Eisen on Thursday 01/12/2012, What was the single most important decision Gov. Scott Walker made in his first year of office? Hands down, the consensus judgment would be undermining the collective bargaining rights of public employees. But 20 or 30 years from now? Wisconsinites will probably point to Walker’s fateful decision to reject an [...]
Extremists in House Workforce Development and Workplace Safety Committee Pass SB29
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013SB29 Deceptively Labeled “Paycheck Protection” by National Special Interest Groups – is Radical Attack on Missouri Workers (Jefferson City, Mo.) – Despite hearing testimony overwhelmingly in opposition to SB29, extremists in House Workforce Development and Workplace Safety Committee voted today to send SB29 to the Missouri House floor. This paycheck deception bill seeks to shut [...]
Is Scott Walker Killing Off Public Transit?
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
Buy American Mention of the Week American apparel and accessories for all ages
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013Buy American Mention of the Week American apparel and accessories for all ages By Roger Simmermaker March 27, 2013 It’s an unfortunate fact that around 97 percent of all the apparel purchased in American comes from outside the country, but you can buy American apparel and accessories if you know where to find the three [...]
