by Richard Eskow | Sep 17, 2010 | Blog
Sometimes our political commentariat seems to go fashion-crazy. When a new trend gets popular it overwhelms everything in its path: logic, poltical divisions, even expert opinion. The latest vogue is deficit reduction, and our nation's Anna Wintours tell us we simply...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 15, 2010 | Blog
The aging American workforce has been vilified a lot lately, in much the same way the poor were in previous decades. Politicians who once might have spread myths about "welfare queens" are now describing retired people as "greedy geezers." Not to be outdone, well-paid...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 14, 2010 | Blog
A report in today's New York Times describes a policy analyst as believing that Social Security needs to change because people are"living longer." This is a misconception that gets repeated over and over, one which a lot of otherwise well-informed people are convinced...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 13, 2010 | Blog
Last November, when the Tea Party Express was just building up a head of steam, it seemed worthwhile to stop for a minute and listen to a country song. Why? For one thing it's a really good song, and it had a great hook. "Here in the real world," it says, away from...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 10, 2010 | Blog
I appeared on the Stephanie Miller Show yesterday with guest host John Fugelsang to discuss Social Security and the Deficit Commission. He'd seen my piece on the fact that the Commission members who want to cut retirement benefits all have excellent retirement...
