by Richard Eskow | Nov 15, 2010 | Blog
If back-channel sources are correct, the White House deficit commission is finalizing a deal that would increase Social Security benefits slightly for low-income recipients while cutting them for everyone else. The Commissioners apparently believe that putting this...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 15, 2010 | Blog
Social Security supporters announced today that over 100 members of Congress are signing a letter to President Obama demanding that the Deficit Commission keep its hands off Social Security. They say that if the deficit commission tries to cut the program they say it...
by Bill Scher | Nov 15, 2010 | Blog, Economy
On the day before Congress reconvened in Washington, in the middle of a continuing job crisis, Republicans took to the Sunday talk show airwaves and ... had no ideas what to do about creating jobs. This is not terribly shocking. There have been no actual job creation...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 15, 2010 | Blog
There are 2 million people who are about to lose their unemployment benefits starting at the end of this month, and yet there is a real possibility that the lame-duck Congress that starts its work today will just let that happen. Some members of Congress will...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 15, 2010 | Blog, Economy
What is the matter with people in Washington and New York? There is obviously a jobs emergency and they're talking about deficits -- and in the middle of a frenzy of worrying about deficits they are talking about cutting taxes for the rich! ?? And, to make matters...
by Sam Pizzigati | Nov 14, 2010 | Blog
Localities the nation over can't afford to fill potholes or keep libraries open. Yet top corporate execs are continuing to stuff their pockets with our tax dollars. Here's how we can start the unstuffing. Americans don’t like the idea of their tax dollars making...
