by Richard Eskow | Apr 10, 2013 | Chained CPI
That was fast. Yesterday we suggested that the chained-CPI cut in President Obama's budget, which was presented as a gesture to Republicans, might instead be used to rebrand Democrats as "the anti-Social Security party." It took them fifteen minutes. A GOP official...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 9, 2013 | Blog
"She is not dead, she doth not sleep. She hath awakened from the dream of life. 'Tis we, who lost in stormy visions, keep with phantoms an unprofitable strife ..." Margaret Thatcher's death raises a difficult etiquette question: How do you write about a person whose...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 9, 2013 | Chained CPI, The Sequester
It's time to think the unthinkable: The leader of the Democratic Party is about to submit a budget which cuts Social Security benefits. Party officials are reportedly promoting candidates with no track record on key issues and no apparent interest in politics. And...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
No jobs. No growth. Falling income. Unaffordable colleges. A dying middle class. Young people without hope. The greatest economic inequality in modern history. And yet, in the midst of the Long Depression, we're told that President Obama intends to cuts Social...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 6, 2013 | Chained CPI
With all the controversy over the President's proposed "chained CPI" cuts to Social Security, it's worth noting the effect the economy is already having on Social Security benefits. We're seeing a growing divide between the "penthouse economy" and the one the rest of...
