by Richard Eskow | Dec 28, 2009 | Blog
The President came close to endorsing the so-called "Cadillac tax" when he was interviewed about health reform on NPR. Here's what the President said when the subject came up: "I'm on record as saying that taxing Cadillac plans that don't make people healthier, but...
by Leo Gerard | Dec 28, 2009 | Blog
Leo W. Gerard: Tom, your new book, Up From Wall Street: The Responsible Investment Alternative, provides both cautionary tales for those responsible for investing workers’ pension funds and a field guide of practical assistance for institutional investors who want to...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 26, 2009 | Blog
Mike Elk couldn't have been more right in his thinking about what Martin Luther King, Jr. would have thought of the Teabaggers, Birthers, etc. He would have seen that those faces that at first glance seem twisted in anger are really twisted in pain. He would recognize...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 23, 2009 | Blog
Ezra Klein has responded thoughtfully to my criticism of him. I felt he should have mentioned the numerous studies which challenge the assumptions behind the excise tax, given his strong support for the tax. I'm glad he's done that. After all, the tax is...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 23, 2009 | Blog
Was there once a time when people robbed banks, instead of banks robbing people? Okay, maybe not, but it sounds like that's what Chase Bank did to Trina Lee — a nurse in Arizona who was laid-off two years ago, then had medical problems that keep her from working...
by Leo Gerard | Dec 23, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
In Columbus Ohio, a 5-year-old girl jumped onto Santa's lap last month and asked if he could give her dad a job as an elf. Mike Smith, who works the Santa station at the Polaris Fashion Place in Columbus, asked why, the Wall Street Journal reported. The little girl in...
