by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 30, 2008 | Blog
The health care plan advocated by presidential candidate Sen. John McCain is hazardous to your health. That is the point of this 30-second video by Health Care for America Now that succinctly hits its key flaws: It taxes the health benefits people get from their jobs,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 30, 2008 | Blog
Today's news that the economy is sinking further into recession—gross domestic product growth decreased at an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the third quarter—is making it clearer that there is only one correct response to the current economic crisis: A robust...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 27, 2008 | Blog
A federal spending program that only yielded 37 cents of benefit for every dollar spent, or even less, would generate sustained demands from the conservative chattering class that it be shut down. So why does the right keep selling extending President Bush's tax cuts...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 23, 2008 | Blog
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan today engaged in an attempt to rewrite history that was so egregious that even CNBC anchor Mark Haines, a free-market cheerleader, was aghast. The offense was on the first page of Greenspan's written testimony before the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 20, 2008 | Blog
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's statement before the House Budget Committee that it was "appropriate" for Congress to consider an economic stimulus package when it returns after the elections is welcome in some respects, but far more dangerous in others. Taken...
