by Dave Johnson | Sep 12, 2011 | Blog
Why are "capital gains" taxes so much lower than taxes on other income? The reason capital gains taxes are lower is because most of the income of the rich is from capital gains. And the reason most of the income of the rich is from capital gains is because capital...
by Bill Scher | Sep 12, 2011 | Blog
Presidential candidate Rick Perry has an oped about Social Security in USA Today ludicrously titled, "I am going to be honest with the American people." It is ludicrous because the goal of the oped is to lie to the public and suggest he thinks Social Security should...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 11, 2011 | Blog
Joe Biden famously said of Rudy Giuliani, "There's only three things he mentions in a sentence -- a noun, a verb, and 9/11. There's nothing else! There's nothing else!" Great line. But this is not a day to talk about Joe Biden or Rudy Giuliani. But it is a day for...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 11, 2011 | Blog
Not all plutocrats scheme in the shadows like the rabidly right-wing Koch brothers. We need to learn how to recognize plutocracy's more subtle putches. The best primer? The battle over education's future. “Plutocracy” first burst big-time into our national political...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 9, 2011 | Blog
Well, he did it. President Obama went big. Big for him, anyway. While the presidents plan isn't bold enough to satisfy many progressives, he accomplished something that may cause Republicans some regret if they fail to realize it and the president presses his...
