by Dave Johnson | Aug 7, 2013 | Blog
Two stories in the news today illustrate what is happening to the middle class. One story is about numbers showing how the middle is being squeezed. The other is about how people are literally being squished. "The new business model, apparently, is to shrink the...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 7, 2013 | Blog
Congress is in recess, and members are back in their home districts. This means House Republicans – especially the tea party caucus – will say some of the craziest things about politics. The most recent "crazy things conservatives say about health care" reveals just...
by Martha Burk | Aug 6, 2013 | Blog
McDonald’s really stepped in it this summer when the fast food empire created a budget for its underpaid employees to help them make ends meet on the low wages they bring home after flipping burgers all week. At first, the McBudget didn’t include any money for food or...
by Stan Collender | Aug 6, 2013 | Blog
I've referred back to this post so many times since it first went up more than two years ago that I almost have to apologize for doing it again. Almost, but not really, and especially not this time. For those who are new to CG&G (or who have blocked out any memory...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 6, 2013 | Blog
The blogosphere is talking about how Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor was caught in an outright falsehood about the country's deficit, and how PolitiFact backed him up. Cantor said Sunday that Congress should be "focused on trying to deal with the ultimate...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 6, 2013 | Blog
Now this is interesting. Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, bought the Washington Post for $250 million after the newspaper went up for sale in what was described as a "highly secret" process. (That's right. An organization dedicated to discovering and reporting...
