by Bill Scher | May 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: The Democratic Dilemma: It’s Still the Economy OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "... for all of the Republican disarray, Democrats are in trouble. The bi-elections in 2014 come in the president’s sixth year in office. The economy and jobs will be the...
by Bill Scher | May 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
Fix The Debt is a coalition of corporations pushing for a "grand bargain" that would reduce debt by changing Social Security, Medicare and the tax code. Oddly, the coalition spends more time talking about what other people should give up -- namely, Social Security...
by Bill Scher | May 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: Sequester Cuts Are Dumb, Education Cuts Are Dumber OurFuture.org's Jeff Bryant: "Unfortunately, cuts to essential funds for educating our children aren't limited to the dreaded sequester. The assault on spending is pervasive in all aspects of...
by Bill Scher | Apr 19, 2013 | Blog
Yesterday, Sen. Marco Rubio was questioned on-air by a perplexed Rush Limbaugh about the bipartisan Senate immigration reform bill. The tone was gentle, but the gulf between the two was so wide, it may mark the beginning of a fundamental rift that will break the...
by Bill Scher | Apr 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Disproven Austerity Still Reigns NYT"s Paul Krugman rips flawed Reinhart-Rogoff paper: "What the Reinhart-Rogoff affair shows is the extent to which austerity has been sold on false pretenses. For three years, the turn to austerity has been presented not as a choice...
