by Dave Johnson | Apr 18, 2011 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
It's Tax Day, so let's talk about taxes. Conservative ideology says cutting taxes makes the economy grow. This Tax Day let's explore whether this is, in fact, the case. In the last few decades we as a country have conducted textbook scientific experiments with taxes....
by Bill Scher | Apr 18, 2011 | Blog
You are a congressperson. You just voted for a budget that would destroy Medicare. Then you traveled home this week to meet with your constituents. Most of them like Medicare. What do you tell them? Tell them you want to "save Medicare." Bloomberg reports: House...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 17, 2011 | Blog
We provided live commentary for Al Jazeera English at the conclusion of the President's speech on the deficit and the Federal budget. That speech was Thursday, but we weren't able to receive and post the video until now. It's below: I know I look ghastly, darling. It...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 17, 2011 | Blog
Did an interview with RT Today on the meeting of the International Monetary Fund, and on the ways that IMF and World Bank policy reflect the same combination of austerity economics and a 'liberalized' financial sector that we're seeing here and in Europe. The video is...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 17, 2011 | Blog
Taxpayers, once again this year, are subsidizing over-the-top CEO pay by the billions. But now on the table: a promising new proposal that encourages corporations to share that excess — or else. The chief executives of America’s top 500 companies, Forbes...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 15, 2011 | Blog
Conservatives have been saying lately, "We're broke," and need to cut back on the things we (government) do to protect and empower each other. They have a unique definition of the word "we" when applied this way to Americans. For them "we" doesn't mean "We, the...
