by Robert Borosage | Dec 7, 2010 | Blog
The deal is down. Liberals irate. The press trolling for firebrand denunciations of the president. So it is worth noting the obvious that could otherwise be lost in the noise. This was a negotiation in which the wealthiest Americans were represented by a unified...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 3, 2010 | Blog
David Brooks is always a good marker of establishment conventional wisdom. Today, in a column grandly entitled, “A Tax Reform Vision,” Brooks celebrates the growing beltway consensus on tax reform, suggesting that a bipartisan accord could be built around lowering tax...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 2, 2010 | Blog
The following was originally published at Politico. "The era of deficit denial is over," crowed former Sen. Alan Simpson, the garrulous co-chair of President Barack Obama's deficit reduction commission. But the debate about what is to be done has just begun....
by Robert Borosage | Dec 2, 2010 | Blog
We all despair of the chump Charlie Brown. Each fall Lucy promises to hold the football. Charlie trusts her. And --bam -- she pulls it away at the last moment each time. Well, the clownish Alan Simpson, dyspeptic co-chair of the president's deficit commission, is...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 2, 2010 | Blog
Robert Reich pleads with Democrats, and President Obama to give Americans a clear explanation about why the economy stinks. He gets it right. The newly liberated leadership of the Democrats in the House would be wise to make this their message and their agenda: Quiz:...
