by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 21, 2010 | Blog
The rich, many Americans have come to believe, rule. But how? The current hubbub over the federal budget deficit opens a welcome window to understanding just how our rich keep riding so high. How can you tell whether you live in a plutocracy? Easy. Just conduct this...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 19, 2010 | Blog
Most of the media this week ignored two significant mass defections from the Chamber of Commerce line that the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans must be extended indefinitely, even though doing so will worsen the federal deficit and won't help...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 19, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Reagan Revolution
Washington is inundated with deficit commissions. The country has piled up a huge debt because we cut taxes for the wealthy and borrowed to make up the difference. But everyone says we can't fix the problem by raising taxes on the rich in a recession because taxes...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 19, 2010 | Blog
A couple of years ago I started writing about something I called "Drop Dead Conservatism," and attempted to define it: High on delusion, denial, and derision, it's the face of a conservatism unequipped to recognize — let alone meet — the challenges America...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 19, 2010 | Blog
The Washington Post criticizes President Obama because he is holding out for a better Korean Free Trade Agreement deal for American workers and businesses. They call that a "setback." But a setback for who, exactly? In a Thursday editorial, Mr. Obama's Korea trade...
