by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 9, 2010 | Blog
As the right continues to flail for new ways to justify its assault on progressive taxation, Robert Samuelson has come up with a doozy: If we raise taxes to reduce the deficit, "more Americans may choose not to have children or to have fewer children." Imagine the TV...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 5, 2010 | Blog
teworthy that the right-wing reaction to U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling against California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage is not based on coherent, substantive and scientific arguments about the impact of gay marriage on society. Rather,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 4, 2010 | Blog
The Social Security trustees are expected to release an annual report on the health of the Social Security system on Thursday, and it's almost certain that the report will be accompanied by a tsunami of stories and commentary about how Social Security is bankrupting...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 29, 2010 | Blog
More than 60 organizations that represent more than 60 million Americans are banding together to deliver a straightforward message to politicians this fall: Don't mess with Social Security. "Don't turn Social Security in the scapegoat for the deficit," said AFSCME...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 27, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Two reports released in the past 24 hours paint a dire picture of the consequences of congressional inaction. In just two sectors of the economy, local government and low-income people in welfare-to-work programs, more than 500,000 jobs could be lost in the coming...
