by Thom Hartmann | Mar 14, 2013 | Blog
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp is supposed to insure deposits and regulate banks, but the agency has helped the banksters avoid trial for their crimes since the 2008 financial meltdown. The LA Times reports that the very agency responsible for investigating and...
by Thom Hartmann | Mar 8, 2013 | Blog
House Republicans won't give up on their efforts to voucher-ize Medicare. In fact, Representative Paul Ryan now wants to make it happen even sooner. As the House GOP is currently preparing their new budget, which will include Ryan's Medicare voucher program, and they...
by Thom Hartmann | Mar 6, 2013 | The Sequester
Only 4 days after the March 1st Sequester deadline, people around our nation are already starting to feel the pinch of austerity. Customs and Border Protection reduced overtime for TSA agents over the weekend, and delays at some airports were up 200%. According to the...
by Thom Hartmann | Feb 20, 2013 | Blog
You've heard of the birthers and the truthers, and probably even the tenthers and the nullifiers. But now it's time to meet the Simpson-Bowlers. Over the past few years, we've heard a lot of crackpot ideas. First there was Donald Trump and his jolly gang of birthers,...
