by Bill Scher | Jun 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Senate is on the verge of preventing an initial filibuster of the bipartisan immigration reform bill, with several Republican votes in support of proceeding. Despite all the trumped up "scandals," the Republican Party shows little interest in derailing the top...
by Bill Scher | Jun 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Center for American Progress, the most prominent left-leaning institution supportive of a "grand bargain" deficit reduction agreement that would include reducing Social Security benefits, today released a new report that effectively renounces that position. After...
by Bill Scher | Jun 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
I'm on record as not liking Gov. Chris Christie. Two years ago I deemed him the "biggest sham in American politics." Now he has the opportunity to prove me wrong. While there is much political fuss over Christie's decision, following the death of Sen. Frank...
by Bill Scher | May 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
A new Congressional Budget Office report is making headlines for finding that the top 10 income and payroll tax "expenditures" – deductions, credits and other tax breaks – amount to $12 trillion over a 10-year period. That's more than Medicare, Social Security or...
by Bill Scher | May 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: Apple Pie is American, But Apple Computer Isn’t OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "We should treat Apple and other formerly American multinationals as neutral entities with whom we can cooperate at times for our mutual benefit. We should encourage them...
