by Robert Borosage | Mar 1, 2012 | Blog, Economy
What we have here is a failure to communicate. Poll after poll shows that voters are concerned most of all about jobs and the economy. Yet in Washington and on the campaign trail, attention has turned to deficits and how to get our books in order. Voters live in the...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 1, 2012 | Blog
We're headed into an election that will feature the clearest ideological divide since Goldwater-Johnson. Romney and Gingrich and Santorum paint America on the brink of ruin -- about to "descend" into becoming an "entitlement society, not an opportunity society," a...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 27, 2012 | Blog
I believe for every drop of rain that falls, A flower grows. Tom Jones Mitt Romney’s economic address at Ford Field in Detroit received more attention for the empty seats in the cavernous field than for the similarly vacant words in his address. But with the speech...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 23, 2012 | Blog
The Obama administration released a “framework” for corporate tax reform yesterday, proposing to lower corporate tax rates, and pay for that by closing various corporate tax loopholes. The “framework” isn’t really a corporate tax reform proposal. It is a message...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 21, 2012 | Blog
Bankers who committed bank fraud deserve to be prosecuted and sent to jail. Enforcement of the law is vital to deter such behavior in the future. Some of America's best state attorneys general are trying do just that —trying to get justice for Americans hurt by what...
