by Richard Eskow | May 16, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
In a piece called "Wall Street: Not Guilty," financial columnist Roger Lowenstein attempts to defend Wall Street against allegations that it's a viper's nest of rampant criminality. His mischaracterization, mockery, and vague suggestions of McCarthyism are strident,...
by Bill Scher | May 16, 2011 | Blog
The President's health reform law has mostly been considered a political liability for him and his party, especially since it failed to keep Congress in control of the Democrats. But the events of the past few days suggests Republicans are experiencing an internal...
by Dave Johnson | May 15, 2011 | Blog, Economy
You hear it again and again, variation after variation on a core message: if you tax rich people it kills jobs. You hear about "job-killing tax hikes," or that "taxing the rich hurts jobs," "taxes kill jobs," "taxes take money out of the economy, "if you tax the rich...
by Dave Johnson | May 14, 2011 | Blog
You think we have a debt crisis now? You should have seen the one Canada had in 1993!!! And just like this one, it was phony, designed to scare people into cutting and privatizing government so the rich can get even richer. The following is from The Shock Doctrine,...
