by Robert Borosage | Mar 14, 2013 | Back to Work Budget
Budgets are pure EGO – eyes glaze over. But this week revealed two budgets – Rep. Paul Ryan's Republican "Path to Prosperity" 2014 budget and the Congressional Progressive Caucus "Back to Work Budget" – that in stark terms lay out two visions and two futures for...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 13, 2013 | Back to Work Budget, The Sequester
After listening to National Economic Advisor to the President Gene Sperling this morning, I think I have a better understanding of at least one reason why we ended up in this sequestration mess, and why no one in Washington can seem to figure way out of it. The White...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 13, 2013 | Back to Work Budget
They say that Washington DC and the major media are "wired for Republicans." Steve Benen explains how this works, ... week in and week out, this debate is dominated by voices from only one party. A couple of years ago, Josh Marshall talked about how the Washington...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 12, 2013 | Economy, Minimum Wage
Buried in the "pleasant surprise" (NPR) of Friday's "stunning" (USAToday) February jobs report were some numbers that better-reflect the reality of America's declining middle class. Things are pretty bad when you call 7.7% -- and that due to people giving up on...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 12, 2013 | Too Big To Jail
As Robert Borosage wrote, "Too Big Too Fail" has become "Too Big To Jail." According to attorney general, our big banks have gotten so big that bringing criminal charges against them for blatantly criminal acts "will have a negative impact on the national economy,...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 12, 2013 | Chained CPI
Dear journalists: Every retired person will tell you that prices on things they buy are rising faster than their cost-of-living-adjustments. So they are falling behind. Meanwhile everyone describes the "chained-CPI" cost-of-living-adjustment as a cut when applied to...
