by Bill Scher | Apr 19, 2011 | Blog
Some House Republicans, like Rep. Michele Bachmann, are opposed to raising our debt limit under any circumstances. Others, including Speaker Boehner, says they will refuse to raise the debt limit unless the White House and Senate accept their proposed painful cuts on...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 19, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
It should have been the lead story from coast to coast: A bipartisan panel of senators, including some of that body's most conservative members, released a damning report that slammed bankers, regulators and ratings agencies—and they made it clear that they'd like to...
by Mary Bottari | Apr 19, 2011 | Blog
Tax Day was approaching and the righties were out to denigrate government workers and government spending. Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska, who quit her job in 2009, headlined a rally in Madison, Wisconsin, bought and paid for by the front-group [[Americans for...
by Scott Hochberg | Apr 18, 2011 | Blog
On Face the Nation this Sunday, Sen. Mark Warner was asked by host Bob Schieffer why his ‘Gang of Six’ would take on Social Security reform in their forthcoming budget proposal. His response reflected a commonly-held myth about Social Security’s history that greatly...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 18, 2011 | Blog
Conservatives sure do get silly when they talk about taxes. I don't just mean the expressions they get on their faces, or how red their faces get, or the way their hair sticks straight up and their eyes get all big. And I don't mean the way they shake and sweat or...
