by Richard Eskow | Mar 19, 2010 | Blog
Rep. Alan Grayson has written a letter calling for the release of all documents and materials contained on AIG's internal servers. His idea deserves support. US taxpayers rescued AIG and own a majority (79.9%) of its shares. Serious questions remain about the payment...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 19, 2010 | Blog
Tricky auto loans didn't cause the financial meltdown on Wall Street. Unscrupulous payday lenders didn't cost taxpayers a $700 billion "troubled asset" bailout. So fussing about whether U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd's financial reform legislation contains an independent...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 18, 2010 | Blog
This is one of those things you just have to see to believe. Chances are you've seen it posted elsewhere, but it bears replaying over and over and over again. Here's the face of conservatism today, for ya — mocking and screaming at a man with Parkinson's...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 18, 2010 | Blog
The CBO now says health reform will cut the Federal deficit by $138 billion That's a win for the bill's backers, and should make it tougher for self-described 'fiscal conservatives' in the Democratic Party to vote against this bill. (No, let's re-frame that as a...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 18, 2010 | Blog
China's currency manipulation is a worldwide problem, not just a job-killer here. U.S. Ambassador Calls China’s Currency Stance ‘a Real Concern’, In a speech to students at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, the ambassador, Jon Huntsman, said that economic problems in the...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 17, 2010 | Blog
When President Obama asked a group of senior executives for suggestions on streamlining government, it's unlikely that any of them suggested layers of new bureaucracy, vague marching orders, or management by committee. Yet Sen. Dodd's 'compromise' financial reform...
