by Dave Johnson | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog, Education
If you are crushed by student loan debt at a rate of 6 or 7 percent, maybe even higher, you would want to know who to hold accountable for killing the bill to let you refinance at a lower rate. That's how democracy is supposed to work. So did our nation's news media...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority, The New Populism
Twenty-four hours have now passed since House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's surprise primary defeat. Oceans of pixelated ink have already been spilled interpreting its meaning. Cantor's defeat has certainly put an end to the conventional wisdom that "establishment...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 11, 2014 | Blog
Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) issued an appeal Tuesday to President Obama to crack down on currency manipulation, which has cost 5.8 million U.S. jobs and increased the federal budget deficit by $266 billion. They also asked the president...
by Bill Scher | Jun 11, 2014 | Blog
There are 506,065 registered voters in Virginia's 7th congressional district. About 364,000 of them, or 72 percent, support immigration reform that includes legalization of those currently undocumented, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey. Only 36,120 of...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 11, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, Financial Reform
[fve]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhDDDsN8SpA [/fve] The above interview with Thom Hartmann took place Monday night on "The Big Picture," his television program. The first half of the discussion is based on a recent piece of mine about “The People’s Fed,”...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 11, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Tax Reform
This one is simply outrageous. Corporations currently owe up to $700 billion in unpaid, "deferred" taxes. The country needs the money – partly because these companies owe so much in taxes. Which of the following choices should the country make? 1. Tell the companies...
