by Robert Borosage | Aug 20, 2012 | Blog
The estimable E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post writes today about the utterly dishonest debate the Romney-Ryan campaign is waging. On Medicare, the current centerpiece, Ryan and Romney simply lie. This is a subset of a dishonest debate on how to cut the deficit:...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 20, 2012 | Blog
In the annals of Mitt Romney's days at Bain Capital, one story seems to have escaped our collective memory. It involves Bain's acquisition of a New York City drug store chain during Mitt Romney's tenure there, and the hiring of a new president who would turn out to...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 18, 2012 | Blog
The old robber barons exploited workers and gouged consumers. Today's robber barons are making millions off a new class of victims: average American taxpayers. Our nation’s tax code has become an incredibly powerful enabler of bloated CEO pay. Boeing makes airplanes....
by Dave Johnson | Aug 18, 2012 | Blog
A look at one of Bain Capital's first deals shows a get-rich-quick-at-everyone-else's-expense pattern forming: borrow heavily, gut assets, cut wages, cut safety, crush unions, restructure for tax avoidance and sell with a sweetheart, insider deal. That pattern...
by Roger Hickey | Aug 17, 2012 | Blog
At a campaign stop in south central Virginia this past Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden said to a relieved coffee shop patron that, "Number one, I guarantee you, flat guarantee you, there will be no changes in Social Security. I flat guarantee you." Join Social...
