by Bill Scher | Feb 11, 2015 | Blog
Tom Edsall at the New York Times argues that the Democrats should be worried because of "how far the Republican Party has traveled since issuing its self-critical post-2012 election report warning loyalists to stay off 'scary' issues." He notes that the "Republican...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 11, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy
Silicon Valley companies dodge taxes and use some of the money to build shiny, luxurious, and private bus lines for their employees. The rest of us are — literally — stuck, because the tax scams these companies engage in have de-funded our — We the People's — ability...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 10, 2015 | Blog, Economy
CEOs would never bet against their own companies, would they? CEOs get paid, after all, multiple millions to make sure their companies succeed. Why would they ever put their money on their own companies failing? The quick answer: to make sure those millions keep...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 10, 2015 | Blog, Trade
Today was "Currency Manipulation Day" on Capitol Hill, declared to call attention to how it works and the damage it does to our economy. In the House there was a "Currency 101" briefing, and in both the House and Senate bipartisan bills were introduced that would...
by Leo Gerard | Feb 10, 2015 | Blog
In Anacortes, Wash., last week, approximately 200 Tesoro workers began picketing the oil refinery where an explosion incinerated seven of their co-workers five years earlier. Butch Cleve walks that picket line, serving now as strike captain for the USW local union at...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 10, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Greek Crisis
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has written a letter asking Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen to explain her inaction and the Fed’s silence on Greece’s stand against austerity. The stakes are too high for the U.S. to let Greece go it alone. "Make it clear to the...
