by Digby | Mar 20, 2013 | Blog
Jared Bernstein has posted some very important information that one can only hope both the White House and the Democrats are aware of and prepared to change direction because of. It shows that our runaway medical costs are actually slowing down and he posits that...
by Digby | Mar 15, 2013 | Chained CPI
Did you know that? Yes, it is: Did you also know that none of that, by law, can go to fund Social Security's projected "shortfall?" And that if they do change that law, it will forever put an end to the dedicated revenue stream that keeps SS out of the general budget?...
by Digby | Mar 14, 2013 | Blog
Just FYI, White House National Economic Council director Gene Sperling said today on his Reddit chat that the president really prefers the Chained CPI and that it's not just an inducement to get the Republicans on board with the Grand Bargain. This may sound obvious,...
by Digby | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog
Dylan Matthews at Wonkblog reports on a fascinating study about liberal vs conservative beliefs: Last year, a group of political scientists took a random sample of state legislators and asked them a slew of questions, most of which boiled down to: “What do your...
by Digby | Feb 21, 2013 | Blog
Get a load of this, from Lisa Graves at The Nation: Fix the Debt financier Peter G. Peterson knows a thing or two about debt: he’s an expert at creating it. Peterson founded the private equity firm Blackstone Group in 1985 with Stephen Schwarzman (who compared raising...
