by Roger Hickey | Jan 6, 2013 | Chained CPI, The Sequester
Here we go again. Republicans are very clear about their latest extortion threat to the American people: Unless you cut Social Security and Medicare benefits, within the next two months we will throw the US economy back into recession - by refusing to allow the US...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 6, 2013 | Blog
Three public figures associated with the movement to cut government spending - marketed in this country as "deficit reduction" - appeared in the news this week. It was like a modern-day morality play, those church-sponsored medieval performances meant to dramatize the...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 4, 2013 | Blog
After a day or so of public shaming by fellow Republicans like New Jersery Gov. Chris Christie, and New York Rep. Peter King (R, N.Y. 3), House Republican leadership managed a vote on Hurricane Sandy relief — albeit a meager $9.7 billion of the $60 billion requested...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 4, 2013 | Blog
Bloggers have learned some hard lessons about engaging with right-wing nutcases who leave nasty comments: "Don't feed the trolls." Starve them of the attention they seek. Ignore them and move on. This advice also applies to the right-wing nutcases threatening to bring...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 4, 2013 | Economy
The December Jobs Report is a warning to Washington: This economy is growing – with 155,000 new jobs and 7.8 percent unemployment. But that’s barely enough to cover the new workers coming in to the workforce. Now every working American will face an increase in their...
