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...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 21, 2009 | Blog
When I was up You would always come round But when I needed a friend Oh, you could never be found I got a hole Where my heart used to be I wouldn't treat a dog, no, no The way you treated me Cher, "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog the Way You Treated Me" Hey, Sen. Landrieu....
by Robert Borosage | Oct 21, 2009 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
They are popping the bubbly on Wall Street. Million-dollar bonuses, the Dow at 10,000, the casino is open again. Forget President Obama, who says we can't go back to an economy where finance pockets 40 percent of the profits. We're already headed there. The...
by Alan Jenkins | Oct 20, 2009 | Blog
A report issued by the White House and the Education Department on Monday showed that the federal economic stimulus package (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) has so far created or saved 250,000 education jobs. The report is the first hard evidence of the...