by Dave Johnson | Jan 6, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Everyone understands that our (and the world's) economy is underperforming. While U.S. unemployment is down, people are finding jobs that underpay and/or don't provide enough hours. Regular people just don't have enough to get by – never mind enough to drive consumer...
by Larry Cohen | Jan 6, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ major policy speech at Town Hall in New York City on Tuesday – in which he declared that he will “break up any banks that are too big to fail and that big bankers will not be too big to jail” – felt a lot like the last...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 5, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The right-wing lawlessness on display in the armed standoff in Oregon must not stand. The federal government needs to get it right this time, or risk emboldening homegrown extremists. On Saturday, Ammon and Ryan Bundy — sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy — led more...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 5, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Financial Reform
[fve]https://youtu.be/R6e47vJ89p0[/fve] "Greed is not good. In fact, the greed of Wall Street and corporate America is destroying the very fabric of our nation." - Senator Bernie Sanders Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pledged on Tuesday that if...
by Roger Hickey | Jan 5, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The Democratic presidential campaign – unlike the Republican circus – has actually produced a debate in which each candidate’s economic agenda has gotten better and more populist. But as you can see at CandidateScorecard.net, there are also big differences. Both...
by Digby | Jan 4, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Reihan Salam made a belated but useful observation this morning on a very lively Face the Nation after Trump went on an extended tirade about well ... everything: SALAM: Well, the genius of -- the genius of Ted Cruz is also the fact that if you look at the Republican...
