by Richard Eskow | Mar 8, 2013 | Chained CPI, The Sequester
The spectacle of a supposedly liberal President repeatedly and needlessly trying to cut Social Security is enough to bring a reasonable, economically literate person to the point of existential despair. To see leading liberal lights like Rachel Maddow and Ezra Klein...
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 7, 2013 | Economy, Education, The Sequester
A current debate raging among policy makers is whether America's dysfunctional education system has created our sick economy – or whether the country's sick economy has created widespread poverty with disadvantages that our education system can't possibly overcome. In...
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 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 Stan Collender | Mar 4, 2013 | The Sequester
How did the sequester happen? How is it possible that what supposedly was the worst possible way to cut the deficit somehow became what actually happened? Over the weekend Ezra Klein, in a much retweeted blog post that was the talk of large parts of the political...
