by Richard Eskow | Jan 13, 2014 | Unemployment Benefits
Despite record-high levels of unemployment – especially long-term unemployment – Republicans are refusing to permit any extension of unemployment insurance benefits unless it’s “paid for” with money taken from other government programs. They've never demanded that of...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 9, 2014 | Conservatism
Some Republicans are claiming Chris Christie isn't really one of them. Some pundits are claiming, even as scandal erupts around him, that he's a "different kind of Republican." He's more, and less, than that: He is the archetypal Republican, the incarnation of its...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Yesterday the “Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget” issued a statement chiding the Senate for a bill which opened the door to extending unemployment insurance, because the bill didn’t require that any extension be offset elsewhere in the budget. Which raises an...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 7, 2014 | Economy
“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity,” said Nelson Mandela, “it is an act of justice.” When the War on Poverty began a half-century ago, it was widely seen as the moral obligation of a wealthy nation. President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty in his...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s beginning to look as if JPMorgan Chase has had a hand in every major banking scandal of the last decade. In fact, it's the Zelig of Wall Street crime. Take a snapshot of any major bank fraud and chances are you’ll see JPMorgan Chase staring out at you from the...
