by Bill Scher | Sep 16, 2010 | Blog
Don't let 30,000 Delaware teabaggers fool you. America has not shifted to the right. The latest New York Times/CBS poll shows that whatever frustrations votes have with the President and Congress, it has not prompted a shift towards anti-government conservatism. The...
by Bill Scher | Sep 15, 2010 | Blog
The Republican leaders in both houses of Congress are getting clearer what their alternative economic strategy is: Giant tax cuts for multimillionaires minus slashed public services for the middle-class minus letting our infrastructure rot equals even bigger budget...
by Zach Carter | Sep 15, 2010 | Blog
It's been two days, and the new Basel III bank regulations are still lousy. Martin Wolf slams the international banking accord here and Yves Smith agrees here, although Felix Salmon notes some improvements over the current banking regime here and Tim Fernholz offers a...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 15, 2010 | Blog
Update - please see RJ Eskow's post, As The Aging Stoop To Their Labors, Prosperous Pundits Lecture Them About Sacrifice Washington is talking about cutting Social Security for working people at the very same time it is talking about extending tax breaks for the...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 15, 2010 | Blog
Another billionaire has bit the dust here in 2010, and another grand fortune, thanks to this year's absence of an estate tax, is passing on tax-free to extremely fortunate heirs. But a new resource may help overcome the lies and half-truths that have the estate tax...
by | Sep 15, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
Congress may be poised to pass legislation to penalize China unless its government plays by agreed-upon rules of international trade and stops manipulating its exchange rate. This currency manipulation, which makes U.S. exports more expensive as they head to China and...
