by Dave Johnson | Nov 1, 2010 | Blog
As an election strategy conservatives blocked or watered down everything they could that might help the economy, hoping voters would blame the President's party for job losses. Tomorrow we will learn if this strategy succeeded. But Wednesday can we start doing things...
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...
