by Richard Long | Apr 23, 2013 | Blog
Corporations are shifting more of their money overseas to avoid the taxman in the U.S. and pursuing territorial tax legislation in Congress that would further enshrine that tax evasion into law. At a conference call Monday for progressive writers hosted by the...
by Bill Scher | Apr 19, 2013 | Blog
Yesterday, Sen. Marco Rubio was questioned on-air by a perplexed Rush Limbaugh about the bipartisan Senate immigration reform bill. The tone was gentle, but the gulf between the two was so wide, it may mark the beginning of a fundamental rift that will break the...
by Digby | Apr 18, 2013 | Blog
So, according to Brian Beutler, the Republicans are balking at having a conference to iron out the differences between the Senate and House budgets. This is hypocritical in the extreme,obviously, since they've been braying about the Democratic senate failing to...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 18, 2013 | Blog
A recent “Spreadsheet Scandal” has rocked the economics world. It also seems to have eliminated the last remaining technical argument in support of the President’s “chained CPI” Social Security cut. Not weakened it. Eliminated it. I believe the President proposed the...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 16, 2013 | Blog
In 2012, the GOP's version of "reality" ran headlong into actual reality -- both electoral and otherwise. The collision shattered may Republicans' perception of reality, and lead to current efforts to "rebrand" the party to appeal to the emerging electorate. That's...
by Keith Ellison | Apr 15, 2013 | Blog
Last week President Obama announced a budget that includes something called "chained CPI" as a way to reduce Social Security benefits. I will not support it. And will not vote for any plan that includes cuts to benefits Americans have earned. The proposal has already...
