by Richard Eskow | Apr 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
It's hard to think about tax policy or cost-of-living calculations for Social Security when death is in the news, when the grim horror of it hangs in the air like the last wisps of afternoon smoke. The bombs exploded just before the finish line, at mile 26.2 of the...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 14, 2013 | Blog
April 15 has never been considered a day for celebration, and it's especially tough to pay taxes when so many of us are struggling financially. But the real problem isn't taxation. Our real problem is the new "bipartisan" drive toward austerity, a mad obsession that...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Now this is interesting. Fidelity was able to flag an individual account for insider trading, presumably because suspicious patterns arose in the trading, leading to the arrest of a small-time player in the financial industry. And yet, despite handling his account for...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 11, 2013 | Chained CPI
The "chained CPI" proposal in President Obama's budget continues to draw much-deserved fire, which is only likely to increase as more information about it becomes known. Here are ten embarrassing facts about the chained CPI which the White House and its defenders...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 11, 2013 | Chained CPI
The White House is clearly struggling to save its budget’s “chained CPI” proposal in the face of powerful opposition from across the political spectrum. There's confusion surrounding their latest move, a “bump” that would slightly mitigate its effect for people who...
