by Robert Borosage | Mar 7, 2013 | Too Big To Jail
For years, the Obama Administration has been pummeled for failing to bring criminal charges against a single major Wall Street bank or a single leading Wall Street banker for what the FBI termed an “epidemic of fraud” that blew up the entire economy. Investigations...
by Mary Bottari | Mar 6, 2013 | The Sequester
As sequester cuts start to bite a little harder, the Fix the Debt gang is pushing for a "grand bargain," deep cuts to earned benefit programs like Social Security and Medicare in exchange for some vague promises about "tax reform." They may have a powerful ally in the...
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 Richard Long | Mar 5, 2013 | Minimum Wage
The news just keeps getting better for the millions of Americans making minimum wage. Today, three weeks to the day after President Obama called for raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour in the State of the Union address, two congressional Democrats have done him one...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 5, 2013 | The Sequester
Gimme an "S"! Gimme an "E"! Gimme a "Q"! Gimme a "U"! Gimme an "E,S, T, E, R"! What's that spell? That depends. If you're almost everyone else, the sequester spells an onslaught of unnecessary, painful, and "just plain dumb" spending cuts. If you're one of the...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 5, 2013 | Minimum Wage
The invisible hand of the market, which the GOP worships as an infallible god, is curled into a fist and is pounding America’s lowest-paid workers. Those workers have complained about the grinding poverty level of minimum wage. Wal-Mart warehouse workers and New York...
