by Richard Eskow | Dec 18, 2009 | Blog
Business columnist and Fortune Senior Editor Allan Sloan just wrote a piece in the Washington Post about the excise tax. It's smart, cogent, and well-written. (Translation: Wish I'd written it.) By using the work of Henry J. Aaron, a highly respected health economist,...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 17, 2009 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
This week the Obama administration came out with a new policy paper, "Framework for Revitalizing American Manufacturing" to coincide with a White House meeting with manufacturers. At the meeting, Vice President Biden ... announced administration support for a $5...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 17, 2009 | Blog
Many of us admire the wealth of talent on display in the White House, so it's disappointing when there is a breakdown in the accuracy or completeness of information being put forward by members of this Administration. Take Jason Furman, the Deputy Director of the...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 17, 2009 | Blog
Recent developments in the health care reform debate debacle saga remind me of a a scene — actually more like a repeated gag — from one of my favorite movies, Keenan Ivory Waynans' I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. I'll explain why at the end of this post, but first I want to...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 16, 2009 | Blog
I just put up a piece in The Huffington Post outlining what I consider 10 myths or assumptions that are currently being used to weaken resistance to the current draft of the Senate bill. While the post isn't exclusively about the excise tax, the tax does come up at...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 16, 2009 | Blog
Time Magazine's naming Ben Bernanke "Man of the Year" is a little bit like celebrating an arsonist for his heroics in putting out a fire that he set. Bernanke has done creative and bold work in staving off a fianancial free fall. But he would also be on any list of...
