by Dave Johnson | Dec 31, 2012 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
Before 'W' got in and made changes in taxes and military spending we were paying off the debt. Bush said the deficits that resulted from his changes were "extremely positive news." (Yes, that is in quotes, click the link.) Before that Reagan also caused deficits on...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 29, 2012 | Blog
Our nation was gripped by so many fallacies and delusions in 2012 that the whole Mayan calendar end-of-the-world thing didn't even make the list. Even those apocalyptic prophecies were more plausible than the idea that cutting Social Security will help the deficit,...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 29, 2012 | Blog
There is a chance to reform the filibuster in January, with a proposal to "make them talk." Will the Charlie Browns in the Senate let Lucy pull away the football yet again? As George 'W' Bush said, "fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 25, 2012 | Blog
Despite an epidemic of gun deaths, the river of gun cash never stops flowing. If you follow that river upstream you'll see that its source lies very close to Wall Street. And the river's mouth speaks with the voice of politicians, whose campaign fundraising is...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 25, 2012 | Blog, Chained CPI
This is a moment of moral clarity. Right now there are only two sides in the Social Security debate: the side that says it's acceptable to cut benefits -- in a way that raises taxes for all income except the highest -- and the side that says it isn't. It's time to ask...
