Alan Grayson

A “perishable good” is something that declines in value when it is not consumed. Like cranberries. Or football tickets. Or labor. An hour of labor, if not used, is gone. Gone forever. Think about it. Today, February 10, 2012, there are millions of Americans who can work, who want to work, and who can’t find a job. There are millions more who want to work a full day today, and will work only for a few hours. Read More... More on UnemploymentRead Full Story

On Aug. 9, 2010, less than three months before the Democrats suffered their worst defeat in the House of Representatives in more than a century, White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs tried to blame it all on what he called “the professional left.” In an interview with the D.C. newspaper   The Hill , Gibbs was quoted as follows: “I hear these people saying [that Obama’s] like George Bush. Those people ought to be drug tested. . . . I mean, it’s crazy. . . .  They will be satisfied when we have...Read Full Story

People often suggest to me how frustrating it must have been, being a Member of Congress, because things move so slowly in Washington, DC. Nope.  Not true.  The job is what you make of it. Let me give you an example:  our work against foreclosure fraud. During my last few months in office, the evidence [...]Read Full Story

You either love him or hate him. It’s been said a thousand times, in a thousand different blog posts, and newspaper articles. While I don’t hate politicians, as misguided as some may be, Alan Grayson certainly disagrees with me. Forget his policies. When he took the house floor, he would set bi-partisanship back years. Choosing to use his time for ridiculous theatrics over honest attempts to get things done. You’ve seen him before, “Die Quickly” about the Republicans plan for health care...Read Full Story

One of the first creations of the Occupy Wall Street movement has been the phrase “We Are the 99%.” This is, of course, a reference to the fact that the top 1% in America own 37% of all the wealth. That the top 1% enjoy more than 20% of all the income . That since 1979, the average income of the top 1% increased by $700,000, while the average income for the bottom 90% actually decreased by $900. And that this has given America the fifth most unequal distribution of wealth in the entire world...Read Full Story