by Richard Eskow | Jul 25, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
"Who does Standard & Poor's think it is?" asks Matt Miller, the reasonable and congenial host who represents the "center" on NPR's "Left, Right, and Center." Miller's understandably outraged that this discredited organization still has so much power and influence. But...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 25, 2011 | Blog
The latest conservative hostage-taking involves a fight over unions and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) budget. Conservatives refuse to fund the FAA unless the Senate agrees to block airline and railroad unions from being able to organize. Result: the agency...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jul 25, 2011 | Blog
Looking for a lesson in the goings-on in D.C. these days? Here’s one: The more our nation's wealth concentrates, the more our democratic give-and-take becomes all take — by the rich. Once upon a time in America, back a century ago, our nation's rich paid virtually...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 25, 2011 | Blog
Our deficit and debt came from cutting taxes on the rich and big corporations, increasing military spending and sweetheart deals with big pharma and health insurance companies. Elite “solutions” always involve cutting back what We, the People do for each other while...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 25, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The backroom Senate gang of five or six (its membership changing over time) released a plan yesterday that swept through the Washington. It got the support and the opposition of all the right people (the President carefully called it “broadly consistent with the...
