by Richard Long | Apr 2, 2014 | Better Off Budget, Blog
A day after the release of Paul Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity” budget, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus gathered to discuss their own “Better Off Budget,” outside a room in the Cannon House Building where the House Budget Committee was marking up the Ryan...
by Bill Scher | Apr 2, 2014 | Blog
The New Republic's Jonathan Cohn has a satisfying article cataloging the litany of off-target Obamacare doomsday predictions. His fire largely torches conservative politicians and pundits, who deserve it. But he does not extend his ire to the driving force behind the...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 2, 2014 | Blog
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been getting a lot of press for the lane closing scandal, allegations that he misused Hurricane Sandy relief funds and, more recently, for the shockingly sexist tone of his taxpayer-funded “vindication.” The common thread to all...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 2, 2014 | Blog
Rep. Paul Ryan’s fiscal 2015 budget will not become law. (Thank you, senators). It is a statement of values that is embraced this year, as it has been in the past, by virtually the entire Republican congressional caucus (the exceptions are a handful of dissenters who...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 1, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Rep. Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, chose April 1 to release his latest Republican budget proposal. Once again, Americans are played the fools. The latest edition of "The Path to Prosperity," which is the title Ryan likes to use for his budget...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 1, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
The company Caterpillar is in the news today as another example of corporate tax dodging. A Senate report looks into how the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment avoided paying $2.4 billion in taxes. That $2.4 billion could pay teachers, fix...
