by Bill Scher | Jul 19, 2011 | Blog
Conservatives and corporate leaders routinely blame President Obama's policies and proposals on progressive taxation and new regulations for the current weak state of the economy. Such claims were reheated yesterday with a fresh blast of hot air from Wynn Resorts CEO...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 18, 2011 | Blog
Forty-one members of Congress today are calling on the White House to take a simple step toward respecting the views of the American Majority: Include the budget proposal that reflects the American Majority's priorities in the deficit discussions the White House is...
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...
