by Richard Eskow | May 6, 2010 | Blog
Harry Reid got it right when he said that the GOP is "making love to Wall Street" - and when politicians and bankers "make love" it's the public that gets screwed. Sen. Shelby's so-called "consumer protection amendment" failed, as expected.(!) But what happens next?...
by Zach Carter | May 6, 2010 | Blog
2:20 I agree in theory with just about everything that Tim Geithner said over the past two hours. The trouble is, his solutions-- a systemic risk regulator, giving regulators more powers -- won't be enough to fix the system. You need hard rules in place that force...
by Sara Robinson | May 5, 2010 | Blog
Suppose they gave a tea party and nobody came? That's pretty much what happened on Tuesday, as the first wave of Tea Party primary candidates all went down to abject humiliation at the hands of the voters. Skippy the bush kangaroo surveys the catastrophe (note:...
by Richard Eskow | May 5, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Now that the ideological defense of Wall Street behavior has collapsed, brought down by the wreckage of deregulation, bankers and lobbyists are pursuing a new strategy: fighting the democratic process itself. They're suggesting that this issue is a little too...
by Sara Robinson | May 5, 2010 | Blog
George W. Bush -- who knew a thing or two about addiction -- was right about one thing: America is addicted to fossil fuels. Looking at the recent headlines, it's becoming clear that history, Gaia, and our neighbors have all had enough. Look around the room. Look at...
by Zach Carter | May 5, 2010 | Blog
9:00 Here we go. Bill Thomas is offering a very silly analogy between the automobile and the financial system. Both were simple 40 years ago, then both got complicated, and now when you need a very sophisticated specialist to fix problems with either cars or finance....
