by Dave Johnson | Apr 12, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Cuts are all the rage now in Versailles D.C. They cut taxes for the rich (again), then to pay for the tax cuts they cut the things We the People (government) do for each other. No one is mentioning what all of this will do to the economy and jobs. Jobs and the economy...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 12, 2011 | Blog
Tragically, the government of Colombia exhibits the behavior of an addict. And, just as regrettably, the United States is co-dependent, so addicted to so called free trade that it plans to award Colombia an agreement based solely on promises. Addicts always promise....
by Richard Eskow | Apr 12, 2011 | Blog
Click here to send a message to the President: Don't Dare Cut Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security. The President's scheduled to discuss Social Security, Medicare, and the deficit in a speech this Wednesday. Let's hope he isn't about to make a serious mistake. White...
by Bill Scher | Apr 11, 2011 | Blog
Last month, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor literally said Social Security "cannot exist if we want America to be what we want America to be." Then last week, House Budget Committee approved the literal end of Medicare as guaranteed affordable comprehensive health...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 9, 2011 | Blog
House budget-cutters are taking their inspiration from the greatest giveaway — to the rich — artist the nation's capital has ever known. You won’t find many photos with smiles on the face of Andrew Mellon, the U.S. treasury secretary back in the 1920s. The...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 8, 2011 | Blog
"Watch what we do, not what we say" -- famous quote from a Nixon official, explaining that they make up the stuff they say to distract and divert people from understanding what they are doing. They say they are trying to cut deficits. They are doing something else...
