by Robert Borosage | Jul 14, 2010 | Blog
Voters are in a surly temper. The economy stinks. Jobs are scarce. Wages are under pressure. One in 4 homes with mortgages is underwater. Retirement savings have been butchered; pensions are at risk. Bailed out bankers are paying themselves record bonuses; the oil...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 14, 2010 | Blog
The ManufactureThis blog is liveblogging the hearing on the National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2010 before t
by Terrance Heath | Jul 14, 2010 | Blog
There are times when you wonder a politician actually believes what he's saying, is just seeing how much he can get away with saying, doesn't know how reality-challenged he sounds, or doesn't care. In Mitch McConnell's case, his statement that "there's no...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 14, 2010 | Blog
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's "jobs summit" today is less a "jobs summit" and more an effort to further sabotage the Obama administration's efforts to reform the economy and make the economy work for working people. It is also a whine-fest, chock full of right-wing,...
by Zach Carter | Jul 14, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Too-big-to-fail is a much bigger problem than you thought. We've all read damning accounts of the government saving banks from their risky subprime bets, but it turns out that the Wall Street privilege problem is far more deeply ingrained in the U.S. legal system than...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 14, 2010 | Blog, Minimum Wage
"Everyone knows Americans are lazy, shiftless, always looking for a way to shirk their responsibilities. People don't want to work so we have to make them work. And good dose of humiliation is good for the soul. If you let them have any dignity they might get uppity."...
