by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 30, 2009 | Blog
In the states represented by the four senators in the Democratic caucus who are threatening progress on health care reform, there are almost 2 million people without health insurance, according to state-by-state health care reform impact reports released by the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 24, 2009 | Blog
The banking industry renewed its extortion threat against Congress today: If you create an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency that is not beholden to the banking industry, we'll make American consumers pay. That's precisely the threat contained in a...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 20, 2009 | Blog
There was a major victory for accountability this week in the financial reform fight, but there was also a demonstration that when it comes to protecting the profits of bankers at the expense of ordinary people, no institution does it better than the Party of No....
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 17, 2009 | Blog, Financial Reform
The banking lobby, as corporate lobbies are wont to do, can build a wonderful Potemkin village of consumer delights, where a defanged government beholden to business interests smiles as unfettered CEOs and marketers rack up their profits and where only the buyer need...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 13, 2009 | Blog, Economy
President Obama's team made it clear months ago that he will brook no talk of a "second stimulus" at a time when the first stimulus is under significant criticism—from the right, to be sure, but also from the left. Nonetheless, Thursday's announcement of a White House...
