by Terrance Heath | Oct 23, 2009 | Blog
This is something I wish I'd been a part of, and I hope they call me if they need an extra baritone next time. (It's rare that my vocal training and my politics intersect.) Plus, the guy who got "punk'd" was none other than Bill McInturff, the guy who gave us Harry...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 23, 2009 | Blog
The other day I wrote about how the dollar is falling - but not against the Chinese Yuan. A falling, or "weak" dollar is great for American manufacturers, and therefore American jobs, because it makes American goods cost less everywhere else. This means our exports...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 23, 2009 | Blog
Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage praised the House Financial Services Committee for taking steps to protect consumers from predatory financial practices by approving the creation of a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, in an official...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 22, 2009 | Blog
If you're tired of hearing about the recovery you can't feel, while seeing headline after headline about how well Goldman Sachs is doing — or who's getting big bonuses on Wall Street now, while the rest of the country is facing the grim reality of long-term...
by Bill Scher | Oct 21, 2009 | Blog
The allegedly centrist Senate Finance health care bill partially pays for reform by taxing expansive insurance plans. The original allegedly left-wing House bill raises revenue with a income surtax on the uber-wealthy. Guess which one is incredibly unpopular with the...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 21, 2009 | Blog
Conservatives are blasting President Obama, saying he is causing a "weak" dollar. The Drudge Report has a headline or a story pretty much every day blasting this message out. Republican e-mails warn that the dollar is "collapsing" under Obama. Blogs and talk show...
