by Dave Johnson | May 15, 2013 | Blog
A continuing series Read the full series Tell your member of Congress Washington remains focused on a "deficit problem" when there is no deficit problem. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) the 2013 budget deficit will be down 60 percent as a share of...
by Adele Stan | May 14, 2013 | Blog
Apparently it never occurred to Attorney General Eric Holder that the Associated Press might be "too big to fail." If it had,then his Justice Department probably never would have investigated it. The AP isn't just any news agency. It's the largest one in the United...
by Leo Gerard | May 14, 2013 | Blog
President Obama went to Austin, Texas, last week in pursuit of an industrial and employment revival. He wants to launch manufacturing institutes to foster American innovation and job creation. Republicans responded by ridiculing the President, in the same arrogant way...
by Richard Eskow | May 14, 2013 | Blog
Rep. Henry Waxman should make a promise to his constituents, but he doesn't want to. So, instead of promising that he'll protect Social Security from President Obama's proposed benefit cut, Waxman told one of his constituents the very idea of asking Representatives to...
by Robert Borosage | May 13, 2013 | Blog
On July 1, interest rates on student loans will double, jumping to 6.8%, according to current law. While the Big Banks are now enjoying interest rates of almost zero. Enter Elizabeth Warren with her first bill as a Senator: It solves the problem by giving students the...
by Richard Eskow | May 12, 2013 | Blog
My mother has never liked Mother's Day. She says it's a phony holiday designed to boost profits for Hallmark Cards. I say, Who cares as long as everybody's happy? After all, I tell her, Hallmark isn't Blackwater or Halliburton. And besides, not all profits are evil....
