by Roger Hickey | Aug 4, 2011 | Blog
The immediate impact of the “debt deal” was bad enough: painful cuts without any tax increases for the wealthy. But Phase Two could be much worse--unless we push back hard. A new undemocratic "Super Committee" is charged with finding $1.5 trillion in savings – from...
by Roger Hickey | Aug 3, 2011 | Blog
Are you disgusted with a Washington held hostage by right-wing Republicans, putting retirement security, health care, and public investment on the chopping block – and ignoring the jobs crisis? What's it going to take to end the Republican insanity and Democratic...
by Roger Hickey | Aug 3, 2011 | Blog
Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) should use their power to appoint members of the “Super Committee” created by the new debt ceiling legislation to make sure that the Democratic half of that powerful group will...
by Roger Hickey | Jul 25, 2011 | Blog
Americans have learned in the past few days that conservative Republicans in Congress are willing to risk default on America's financial obligations, to protect the tax breaks for the rich and force cuts to our retirement security. Republicans would rather break our...
by Roger Hickey | Jul 8, 2011 | Blog
The Washington Post and NY Times report that President Obama will offer Republican negotiators major cuts to Social Security and Medicare when they meet today. Supporters of these essential programs are outraged -- and rightly so. We've been told that Social Security,...
