by Bill Scher | Mar 29, 2013 | The Sequester
This week our federal government effectively shut down the Fung Wah bus company.. Fung Wah had a loyal customer following because it was ridiculously dirt-cheap, $15 one-way from New York City to Boston. But it was dirt-cheap because it was a death trap on wheels....
by Bill Scher | Mar 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: We Can Have Banks That Work For the People OurFuture.org's Richard Eskow: "We all know the banking system is broken. It’s easy to become pessimistic in the face of corporate and political corruption, but the system can be changed. We’ve done it...
by Bill Scher | Mar 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: Austerity Lovers In D.C., Austerity Haters At Home OurFuture.org's Dave Johnson: "They cry for cuts, cuts, cuts. When the cuts happen in their districts they cry for cuts somewhere else ... Rep. Michelle Bachman (R-WI) decries government spending but...
by Bill Scher | Mar 27, 2013 | Climate
Republicans are always warning us of the scourge of federal power and glorifying the genius of the states – aka the laboratories of democracy. On clean energy standards, conservatives have been getting their way. While Republican obstructionism has prevented the...
by Bill Scher | Mar 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: The Rip Off That Bankrupts America OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "The International Federation of Health Plans has depicted our ridiculous health care system in 21 graphs. We don’t get more health care; we just pay more — much more. And this...
