by Alex Lawson | May 12, 2010 | Blog
Last week I livestreamed the first closed door meeting of the president's fiscal commission. I did this out of frustration that we received no response to a letter that we sent from 81 organizations representing over 61 million Americans, asking that all the work of...
by Leo Gerard | May 11, 2010 | Blog
The governors of the Gulf Coast states, all Republicans, asked the federal government for help dealing with the BP oil spill -- yeah, the government, the very organization that their hero and mentor Ronald Reagan described as “the problem,” not the solution. “The...
by Robert Borosage | May 11, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
240 former legislators, bank committee staffers, and Treasury officials deployed to lobby. $600 million spent in lobbying, trade association activity and political contributions since March 2008. And that is just from the six biggest banks. The entire financial...
by Dave Johnson | May 11, 2010 | Blog, Economy
People care about jobs. They still care about jobs. And politicians who don't care about jobs will lose their jobs, because that is what motivates voters. Polling at Pollingreport.com proves that people are much more concerned about jobs than deficits. (Note there are...
by Zach Carter | May 11, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
The Senate approved an amendment from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that would subject the Federal Reserve's bailout operations to a one-time audit. The vote was 96 - 0 in favor of the measure. A stronger audit, sponsored by Reps. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., and Ron Paul,...
by Sam Pizzigati | May 11, 2010 | Blog, Economy
In 2010 America, schools, students, and teachers share the budget-cutting pain. The heirs to our mega rich, meanwhile, don't have to share anything. For the first time in nearly a century, we have no federal estate tax. A moment of silence, please, for Dan Duncan. The...
