by Robert Borosage | Feb 7, 2011 | Blog
Conservative Republican legislators have vowed to block raising the debt limit to force deep cuts in spending on everything from head start to K-to12 education, to health research. They vow to combine blocking any increase in the debt limit with instructions mandating...
by Mary Bottari | Feb 7, 2011 | Blog
Earnings and bonus reports are rolling in and the big, bailed-out banks are back in the black. In 2010, total compensation and benefits at publicly traded Wall Street banks and securities firms hit a record of $135 billion -- up almost six percent from 2009 according...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 7, 2011 | Blog
Check out the Eminem Chrysler Superbowl Ad: The Motor City, with moxie
by Bill Scher | Feb 7, 2011 | Blog
President Barack Obama addresses the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today. In a preview of his remarks, the Washington Post reports that infrastructure investment will be a "likely point of focus for Obama" as it is a "rare point of agreement between business and labor."...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 6, 2011 | Blog
DEMOCRACYPLUTOCRACY We, the PeopleWealthy Few One Person One VoteOne Dollar One Vote GovernmentLimited Government MajoritySupermajority InformationPropaganda Taxes on the WealthyTax Cuts for the Wealthy BudgetsBudget Cuts Jobs programsBank Bailouts WelfareWarfare...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 6, 2011 | Blog
Wall Streeters made fortunes, the new official report on America's 2008 economic meltdown charges, defrauding the American public. They're still making fortunes — and this new official report is already sinking out of sight. A quarter-century ago, in 1986, the biggest...
