by Richard Eskow | Dec 14, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
From 'Single Mom': "I lost everything, I am now losing the roof over our heads, my 30 year history of good credit, my self-respect. I cried at night, sobbed really, about how I had destroyed my life, how I can't look my son in the face now sometimes, for fear he will...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 13, 2010 | Blog
Right-wing billionaire Pete Peterson continues to use the Washington Post as an outlet for deceptive anti-tax and anti-government propaganda. His "Fiscal Times" is a factory for churning out James Frey-like mendacity, which the Post then deceptively packages and...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 10, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Here's something the administration may want to take to heart: Trust is a lot like money. If you spend more than you earn, it could be gone when you need it the most. Consider the Attorney General's highly-touted announcement of a "crackdown" on financial fraud....
by Richard Eskow | Dec 9, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
In 2008, Barack Obama said this: "I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not ..." He might want to rethink that statement, especially now that he seems to be promoting policies that are opposed by large majorities of...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 8, 2010 | Blog
You know what they always say: Pay now or pay later. Middle-class Americans may pay very dearly for the president's tax deal, and at the stage of life when they can least afford it. By providing a temporary cut in the payroll taxes that fund Social Security, this deal...