by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 15, 2009 | Blog
Now that congressional leaders have named the members of the Financial Services Inquiry Commission—what is often referred to as the "Pecora Commission"—we are going to see once again who is prepared to lay the groundwork for real financial reform...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 8, 2009 | Blog
Try telling Maureen Yancey that health care reform is too expensive for the country to tackle right now, or that we should leave everything to the private insurance market. Yancey is among the millions of Americans who can't afford the status quo. She's already paid...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 26, 2009 | Blog
I suspected there was something being left unsaid when the headlines began streaming this morning that personal incomes in May surged 1.4 percent. And, indeed, there was. It is in the actual press release issued by the Commerce Department Bureau of Economic Analysis,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 23, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
President Obama will get an opportunity in the coming weeks to show American workers that he has the mettle to get tough with China when that country flouts the basic principles of fair trade, and it will be on an issue in which he does not have the luxury of...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 19, 2009 | Blog
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., has been doing his best to block the most critical element of health care reform—a public health insurance option that can keep private insurers honest. Behind the scenes, progressive groups are preparing to fight back with the proposals that...
