by Terrance Heath | Mar 1, 2013 | The Sequester
The Truth and Consequences of Sequestration, Pt. 2 Earlier I wrote that truth about the sequester is that White House prescribed it as antidote to the "fever" that had driven the GOP into such delirium that the Republicans were ready to crash the economy and take the...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 1, 2013 | The Sequester
Today is the day the package of budget cuts they call the "Sequester" takes effect. There will be endless postmortems and realtime analyses. But as its draconian effects, there’s one thing to remember above all: Congress did this. We’ve criticized both the President’s...
by Richard Long | Feb 28, 2013 | The Sequester
In the last several years, new economic terms have entered the American lexicon. Debt ceiling, fiscal cliff, sequestration. Well, we reached a deal on the first one, though it lowered our credit rating, and eventually took a few steps away from the fiscal cliff,...
by Derek Pugh | Feb 28, 2013 | The Sequester
The simple truth is, as individuals and a nation we pay most for what we value most. Conservatives in Congress have made it clear that they value corporations and the wealthiest over the middle class and American as a whole. The sequester has brought to light the true...
by Bill Scher | Feb 28, 2013 | The Sequester
For weeks the Campaign for America's Future has been rallying the public, pressuring Congress to simply repeal the sequester. And now, Rep. John Conyers has answered our call. He has introduced a bill so simple even Herman Cain will read it. The entire substance of...
by Derek Pugh | Feb 28, 2013 | The Sequester
Most of the general public may not feel the immediate shock waves of the manufactured ticking time bomb Congress set to go off at midnight Friday, but individuals relying the most on local and federal programs will feel it first. At the epicenter of the man-made...
