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Sealing the Debt Deal

by | Jun 23, 2011 | Blog

January 2011: At the House GOP retreat in Baltimore, "Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) delivered a stern message that the debt ceiling will eventually have to be raised to keep the government from defaulting. But he also promised that Republicans will 'use the...

The Difference Between Civil Libertarians And Selfish Jerks

by | Jun 22, 2011 | Blog

This piece in Slate about libertarian philospher Robert Nozick has engendered quite a bit of online chatter and it's very much worth reading if you are interested in the intellectual underpinnings of that side of our economic debates. There are lots of responses...

Blognote in Honor of Thomas Friedman Spending on the Commerce Department Is Going to Bankrupt the Country

by | Jun 22, 2011 | Blog

The United States has to cut back spending on the Commerce Department or it will bankrupt the country. Okay, I have no evidence for this and it really doesn't make any sense. The Commerce Department's budget is about $10 billion a year, less than 0.3 percent of total...

The Texas Miracle Is A Mirage

by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 22, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage

There is no "Texas miracle" for workers and job-seekers. There is a Texas mirage, painted vividly by conservatives and being sold as the real deal by arch-conservative Texas governor Rick Perry, who may in a few days declare his intent to run for the Republican...

Social Security and Medicare Cuts Washingtons War on the Young

by Richard Eskow | Jun 22, 2011 | Blog

t's one of modern political life's strange ironies that defending Social Security and Medicare is considered an "old people's issue." Old people are doing just fine with these programs, thank you very much -- at least so far. Anti-government hawks like Alan Simpson...

Don’t Believe What You Hear About the Budget Talks

by | Jun 21, 2011 | Blog

Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games. Last week was the point in this year’s budget negotiations when everyone’s worst fears about what would happen seemed to be on the verge of being realized. The combination of increasingly happy talk about the summit being...

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