by Zach Carter | Nov 1, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Tom Perriello always knew it would be hard to hold his seat in Congress. The progressive Democrat from Albemarle County, Va. represents a district designed to nullify liberal votes with a wide swath of conservative countryside. He was elected in 2008, riding President...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 1, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Perspective's hard to come by in the heat of the moment, but it's already clear that this week's election is profoundly important. The forces of small-"d" democracy are up against a cabal of ultra-powerful financiers who, in an unending quest for greater wealth and...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 31, 2010 | Blog
Ah, the things we forget. This was then: Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan greenlighted the Bush tax cuts, saying that Clinton was paying down the country's debt too fast as a result of modest taxes on the wealthy. So the Bush tax cuts for the rich passed, which...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 31, 2010 | Blog
The Tea Party hates the Federal Reserve. You hear it over and over: Tea Partiers support audit of Federal Reserve. Tea Party could challenge Federal Reserve. From Tea Party Advocates, Anger at the Federal Reserve. Audit the Federal Reserve - Toledo TEA Party. Tea...
by Sara Robinson | Oct 29, 2010 | Blog
One of the biggest problems facing the Democrats going into this election is that they're getting absolutely zero respect for everything they've done for the average American over the past two years. Tax cuts, health care reform, financial reform, expanded veterans'...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 29, 2010 | Blog, Minimum Wage
This is not your country. Nor is it mine. That we were born here, along with our forebears hardly matters. This has been the message of the Tea Party since its incorporation — and of conservatism itself for more than a generation — to anyone who doesn't'...
