by Richard Eskow | Feb 16, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Thanks to the generous support of billionaires and self-interested corporations, think tanks have seeded our political discourse with a lot of mistaken ideas about government spending and deficits. For too many journalists, consultants, and policy makers, these ideas...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 16, 2011 | Blog
Believe it or not, the appearance of Donald Trump at CPAC was not the most surreal moment of my first day at the conference. That came later, but not by much. In his second "surprise appearance" this week, the curiously coiffed real estate mogul, and...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 16, 2011 | Blog
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » I have to admit, I got a little excited during Mitt Romney's speech at CPAC. It began so well, in a sense. I wrote yesterday that I heard (and...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 16, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The blizzard of budget numbers flurrying around Washington is disorienting. Republicans are talking about cuts in the next seven months. The president's budget proposes cuts in FY 2012 that begins in October. But both paint the same picture: deficits are high, cuts...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 15, 2011 | Blog
President Obama is right. The Democrats got a "shellacking" in the midterm election. But not from the people who voted. And in a sense, the pundits and prognosticators are maybe half right. The president and his part were sent a message in this election. But...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 15, 2011 | Blog
Demanding bold solutions to today's jobs crisis.Read the series » Register for The Summit on Jobs & America's Future » Governing for We, the People, or gutting for the benefit of the rich? This budget fight is about a stark choice: jobs and growth for We, the...
