by Richard Eskow | Jan 9, 2015 | Blog, Retirement Security
How does the right justify the kind of action Congress took this week, when it moved to cut disability benefits for millions of people by 20 percent? Answer #1: With buzzwords and rhetorical dodges. Answer #2: Not very well. For details on the House's action, we...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 8, 2015 | Blog, Retirement Security
It is striking that on their first day – their very first day! – Congressional Republicans moved against Social Security's disability insurance fund, before some of them had even found the rest rooms or put out their family photos. As Jerry Seinfeld might ask, “Who...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 7, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
There's been a lot of economic recovery talk lately, but most people will probably tell you that things still aren't that great. Most Americans – 99 percent of them or so – are still struggling. Economic inequality is soaring, social mobility is declining, earnings at...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 24, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peE9ORz5xkY] Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) discusses his upcoming role on the Senate Banking Committee (from The Zero Hour). They're calling it a “Christmas gift” for Wall Street. Last week the Federal Reserve announced that it's...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 19, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
We're told that Hillary Clinton is spurning something her advisers call the “anti-Wall Street” movement and will run instead on a platform of “working across the aisle” with Republicans. Her camp is suggesting, without much evidence and against the lessons of recent...
