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...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 15, 2011 | Blog
Of the two top items in my newsreader, I'm not sure which I like best. First, there's President Obama's open-mic incident after his big speech. Apparently, Obama had what he thought was a private conversation with campaign donors, but it turned out the microphone was...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 15, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Today, a new poll was released by Democracy Corps and the Campaign for America's Future gauging public reaction to the Republican budget expected to pass the House today. What follows is an analysis of that poll from Democracy Corps pollster Stan Greenberg and CAF...
