by Dave Johnson | Jul 18, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The debt limit has been reached. The President should be demanding a "clean" debt ceiling bill instead of letting hostage-takers force negotiations over their ransom. For deficit reduction The People's Budget is the right approach. It's the budget that polls show the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 18, 2011 | Blog
House Republicans on Tuesday are expected to vote for a bill that will make unmistakably plain their intentions for our government and the work government can and should do for its citizens. They call the bill the "Cut, Cap and Balance Act," but what it does...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 18, 2011 | Blog
Today President Barack Obama nominated Robert Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Robert Cordray has proven to be an effective defender of consumer rights. And Elizabeth Warren he is not, to the relief of congressional Republicans, the banking...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 18, 2011 | Blog
Elizabeth Warren's well-heeled opponents have behaved ... well, like heels. The Washington/Wall Street axis prevented her from becoming the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but they may regret it someday. Washington has lost the best person...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 18, 2011 | Blog
Conservatives argue that America has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. We earlier dispelled the myth that Americans – particularly wealthy Americans – pay too much in taxes. Now let’s look at the spending question. Part 5 in a series of...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 18, 2011 | Blog
In the UK the News-Of-The-World/News Corp/Murdoch scandal seems to be reawakening democracy. A big, powerful corporation has been found to be engaged in criminal activity, manipulating news, paying off police and politicians, and generally getting its way. The people,...
