by Robert Borosage | Jan 16, 2008 | Blog
Remember the Enron employees who watched their retirement savings evaporate as the Enron ponzi scheme, chaired by George Bush’s best buddy, “Kenny Boy” Lay, went up in smoke? The conservative majority on the Supreme Court just told them all: “Drop Dead.” Forced to...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 15, 2008 | Blog
It ain’t sexy, I know, but a word about the economy and the presidential debate. Wall Street banks are holding a fire sale; employment is down, holiday sales tanked. Burdened with record debt and stagnant incomes, homeowners are about to reckon with declining home...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 5, 2007 | Blog
Markets self-regulate, conservatives tell us. Just get government off our backs, companies tell us (after we pocket whatever subsidies we can grab). The Washington Post reported Tuesday on the safety of theme parks that feature rides that can whirl kids at speeds...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 29, 2007 | Blog
The Republican CNN/YouTube debate lasted over two hours Wednesday night. But once more, we learned nothing about what the candidates would do about the economic straits we are in. Not a word about the housing crisis—the rising tide of foreclosures, plummeting housing...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 27, 2007 | Blog
Do we have to wait for soup lines in Shaker Heights before we have a serious debate on the economy? In the last two Democratic debates, not one question was directed at what to do about the economy. Iraq, health care, the politics of parsing, pearls or diamonds...
