by Dave Johnson | Aug 26, 2010 | Blog
In today’s New York Times, One Liberal Voice Dares to Say, Cut the Budget, by Matt Bai. Bai's piece frames the federal debt as almost entirely the fault of Social Security, with cutting Social Security the only real way to fix the problem. Bai claims that "liberal...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 26, 2010 | Blog
Alan Simpson said he's sorry, but it's not enough. The calls for his resignation will continue - and not because of "political correctness" or his use of the word "tit," has his apologists suggest. They'll continue because he's uninformed about Social Security,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 26, 2010 | Blog
A number of cities around the country are turning off their street lights, unpaving their roads and rolling back what used to be sacrosanct public services because they can no longer afford to provide them. The New York Times reported recently that students at a...
by Mary Bottari | Aug 26, 2010 | Blog
Some will rob you with a six gun and some with a fountain pen - Woodie Guthrie Like mushrooms popping up in a damp basement, a slew of court settlements have been registered recently involving the big banks and their role in the financial crisis. An informal review of...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 26, 2010 | Blog
Former Wyoming Republican Senator Alan Simpson is co-chair of President Obama's Fiscal Commission. This is what he said the other day about the relationship between the American people and our government: "We’ve reached a point now where it’s like a milk cow with 310...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 25, 2010 | Blog
Ryan Grim reports that Alan Simpson has apologized to Ashley B. Carson of the Older Women's League for sending her an insulting email. Unfortunately, it's not enough.
