by Sara Robinson | Sep 30, 2008 | Blog
Conservative pundits and politicians have piled onto the excuse like shipwreck victims clinging to a passing log: The real blame for the current economic crisis lies not with anything they did, but rather with the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act—a successful...
by Roger Hickey | Sep 30, 2008 | Blog
Long before anyone had been nominated or elected, the voters of 2008 had gotten one message across loud and clear: Fix our dysfunctional health care system! For obvious reasons (and big reasons that aren't so obvious), the leaders of 2009 must heed that call....
by Bill Scher | Sep 30, 2008 | Blog
The one-sided idea war continues. Last week, it was evident that while progressives were bursting with fresh ideas to get our deregulated derailed economy back on track, conservatives were running on fumes -- reflexively offering 80s right-wing favorites like more...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 30, 2008 | Blog
On September 29, Congress revolted against the $700 billion price tag of the proposed bailout of Wall Street. The day before, that same Congress passed without murmur—unanimously in the Senate—a $700 billion budget for the Pentagon in 2009. The worst financial crisis...
by Eric Lotke | Sep 30, 2008 | Blog
The bailout package failed. Republicans didn’t line up behind their leadership, unconvinced about the size, the urgency or even the rightness of rescuing tycoons from their own mistakes. Congress may soon try again, especially because the market showed its contempt...
