by Richard Eskow | Dec 9, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
In 2008, Barack Obama said this: "I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not ..." He might want to rethink that statement, especially now that he seems to be promoting policies that are opposed by large majorities of...
by Zach Carter | Dec 9, 2010 | Blog
Mike Stark has posted a provocative on-the-street interview with Barney Frank about the recently released Fed data. Frank offers what is now a standard defense of the Fed's bailout operations: Without them, the economy would have collapsed, so critics should just quit...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 8, 2010 | Blog
The White House is peddling its tax-cut deal as a needed stimulus plan, a boost to the economy that will create jobs and generate growth. This new-found concern for jobs is laudable, if startling from a White House that has been hawking deficit reduction for months –...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 8, 2010 | Blog
Deal or No Deal? OurFuture.org's Bill Scher and Dave Johnson make their cases for and against the preliminary tax cut deal between the President and Republican leaders. Dave Johnson's case against the deal is below. Click here for Bill Scher's case for the deal. The...
by Bill Scher | Dec 8, 2010 | Blog
Deal or No Deal? OurFuture.org's Bill Scher and Dave Johnson make their cases for and against the preliminary tax cut deal between the President and Republican leaders. Bill Scher's case for the deal is below. Click here for Dave Johnson's case against the deal. Why...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 8, 2010 | Blog
David Leonhardt in the NYT does a good service by laying out simply what $60 billion a year in tax cuts -- the amount that will go to those earning over $250,000 if the Republicans get their way (adding to their income an average of $25,000 per household -- with most...
