by Dave Johnson | May 15, 2011 | Blog, Economy
You hear it again and again, variation after variation on a core message: if you tax rich people it kills jobs. You hear about "job-killing tax hikes," or that "taxing the rich hurts jobs," "taxes kill jobs," "taxes take money out of the economy, "if you tax the rich...
by Dave Johnson | May 14, 2011 | Blog
You think we have a debt crisis now? You should have seen the one Canada had in 1993!!! And just like this one, it was phony, designed to scare people into cutting and privatizing government so the rich can get even richer. The following is from The Shock Doctrine,...
by Dave Johnson | May 11, 2011 | Blog
The On May 12 Coalition is holding actions in New York City tomorrow to hold big banks and corporations accountable for crashing our economy and asking them to pay their fair share to help get the country back on track. Mayor Bloomberg is asking for terrible budget...
by Dave Johnson | May 11, 2011 | Blog, Making it in America
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner appeared this week on Charlie Rose. Watch as he brilliantly explains why we have to let China continue along its current path. Watching this brings to mind how he so brilliantly advocated for Wall Street and the giant banks. But who...
by Dave Johnson | May 11, 2011 | Blog
Digby writes, in The GOP Wish List, that Democrats are practically begging Republicans to make demands using the country's urgent need for a debt ceiling increase as a hostage, And why not? As long as the Democrats are pretending that they have to do whatever the...
