by Dave Johnson | Dec 13, 2010 | Blog
We had bailouts and bonuses for Wall Street but letdowns and layoffs for Main Street. We had a deficit commission but no jobs commission. We have tax cuts for the rich and budget cuts for the rest of We, the People. And this week the President is having a "summit"...
by Bill Scher | Dec 13, 2010 | Blog
In a completely expected development, a conservative activist judge made a conservative activist decision, ignoring decades of judicial precedent to declare the main provision of the health reform law -- requiring most Americans to purchase health insurance --...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 13, 2010 | Blog
Right-wing billionaire Pete Peterson continues to use the Washington Post as an outlet for deceptive anti-tax and anti-government propaganda. His "Fiscal Times" is a factory for churning out James Frey-like mendacity, which the Post then deceptively packages and...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 12, 2010 | Blog
(Updated to include statements from labor and other organizations.) The President wants a win – but is the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) a win? Jobs are the win we need. A good trade deal can really help working people and the economies on both sides of the...
by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 12, 2010 | Blog
The tax cut pact the Obama administration announced last week has angered a good many Americans. But the pact's lavish generosity toward America's rich should not have given anyone a surprise. Most of the chatter on the tax cut deal the White House has bargained out...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 11, 2010 | Blog
Yesterday I wrote that the President may have sacrificed his long-term vision on trade and economic/industrial policy to day-to-day concerns and politics. The tax-cut deal is another indicator that a big-picture vision has been sacrificed. But however much smoke gets...
