by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 23, 2009 | Blog
Every three years, researchers from the Federal Reserve Board fan out all across the United States to figure out just how well America’s families are doing financially. The researchers knock on about 4,500 doors — and conduct incredibly detailed interviews that probe...
by Bill Scher | Feb 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Budget Week Christian Science Monitor reports on the President's budget strategy: "On Monday, Obama is expected to announce that he plans to cut the budget deficit in half by the end of his term. The White House projects that the inherited deficit of $1.3 trillion...
by Bill Scher | Feb 20, 2009 | Blog
In advance of Monday's "Fiscal Responsibility Summit" at the White House, summit participant Pete Peterson and his foundation launched a $1 million ad campaign, irresponsibly peddling false information
by Bill Scher | Feb 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Fiscal Responsibility, Redefined Campaign for America's Future hosts media conference with Dean Baker, James Galbraith, Nancy Altman and Roger Hickey, attacking Pete Peterson's defamation of Social Security and Medicare in advance of WH "Fiscal Responsibility Summit."...
by Bill Scher | Feb 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Wide-Ranging Reaction to Obama Housing Plan Consumer Federation of America praises: " a coordinated set of initiatives that, taken together, mark a fresh and welcome new chapter in the government’s response to this ongoing crisis ... These changes to the bankruptcy...
