by Richard Eskow | Jul 29, 2011 | Blog
"And in this week's economic news: They tried to make us go to rehab, we said no, no, no ..." Last week the world noted the decline and death of Amy Winehouse with sadness but no surprise. What a tragedy, people said, that she kept following her self-destructive...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 28, 2011 | Blog, Chained CPI
Gandhi famously answered the question "What do you think of Western Civilization?" by saying "I think it would be a good idea." That phrase might come in handy the next time somebody asks what you think of a two-party democracy: It would be a good idea. As the economy...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 28, 2011 | Blog
"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself." ~ Mark Twain ~ If our economy was the RMS Titanic, Republicans would be like an ambitious first mate, so eager to seize power from the captain that he steers the...
by Bill Scher | Jul 28, 2011 | Blog
There's not a whole lot of difference between the proposals from Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The amount of new cuts is about the same, though the Senate proposal looks bigger because it (properly) includes savings from the war drawdowns...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 28, 2011 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
In the middle of the DC frenzy over a contrived "debt crisis" a new, major poll shows what other polls have shown: voters want Washington to act on jobs (and jobs fix deficits), especially in manufacturing, but don't think that our elected officials are paying...
