by Thom Hartmann | Feb 20, 2013 | Blog
You've heard of the birthers and the truthers, and probably even the tenthers and the nullifiers. But now it's time to meet the Simpson-Bowlers. Over the past few years, we've heard a lot of crackpot ideas. First there was Donald Trump and his jolly gang of birthers,...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 20, 2013 | Blog
Alan Simpson, along with Erskine Bowles, represents a well-funded cadre of spokespeople who are only willing to present a narrow band of corporate- and billionaire-friendly economic policies. There's just one approach in their world, one which Simpson and Bowles...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 20, 2013 | Blog
The group Fix the Debt has been at it again, releasing another proposal designed to divert the nation's attention to the so-called "debt crisis," while the more pressing jobs crisis and poor-and-middle-class-squeeze crisis goes unaddressed. Watch here as opponents to...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 19, 2013 | Blog
As the prospects for a “Grand Bargain” fade, additional European-style austerity on the American economy is becoming increasingly uncertain. That has meant a greater likelihood of a reappearance by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, the two Washington power players...
by Leo Gerard | Feb 19, 2013 | Blog
Rig the Vote is the evil opposite of Rock the Vote. Rock is the campaign by a nonprofit to increase political engagement and register young people. Rig is the campaign by the GOP to suppress political engagement and subvert balloting. The GOP rigged the vote by...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 19, 2013 | Blog
Take a look at these two sentences: “(I)f losses from the 2007- 2009 crisis were to reach similar levels (as they did in previous recessions) ... losses could exceed $13 trillion.” Government Accountability Office “You would think that any regulation that could affect...
