by Richard Eskow | Aug 18, 2010 | Blog
The Republican Party's attempt to privatize Social Security under George W. Bush was wildly unpopular. At least one Republican Congressional candidate is openly calling for Social Security cuts, and Rep. Paul Ryan's widely-publicized "Roadmap for the Future" includes...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 17, 2010 | Blog
To be more specific, what's Rand Paul smoking these days? His musings that America was a better, freer place when African Americans had no civil rights protection, and no one was looking out for the safety of American workers (at least no one who didn't have one eye...
by Zach Carter | Aug 17, 2010 | Blog
Finally, some good news on Wall Street accountability. A federal judge is holding up the SEC's effort to let Citigroup's top executives off the hook for misleading their own shareholders about $40 billion in subprime debt. If Citi executives did what the SEC says they...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 17, 2010 | Blog
Last week, I wrote this: The fundamental differences between the left and the right — between conservatives and progressives — comes down to how we answer three simple questions: "Can we?," "Should we?" and "What do we mean, 'We'?"...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 16, 2010 | Blog
As you encounter congressional candidates who are out vote-hunting this week, as them a simple question: Will you pledge to oppose any cuts to Social Security benefits, including increasing the retirement age, and any effort to privatize Social Security? It's a simple...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 16, 2010 | Blog
Billionaire Steve Schwarzman compares Obama's call for taxing private equity income as income, just like everyone else, a "war, like when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/16/steven-schwarzman-obama-a_n_683178.html Currently...
