by Terrance Heath | Feb 6, 2013 | Blog
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is working hard to rescue the GOP's "lost" message. You can't blame him for trying. There are, of course, several problems. Not the least of which is that it looks like GOP leadership still believes "message" and "tone" were what...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 5, 2013 | Blog
Before we begin, let's take a moment to ponder the absurdity of a system in which a) for-profit corporations are allowed to call themselves "agencies"; b) the government - that is, us - gives these for-profit companies given trillion-dollar influence over the...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 4, 2013 | Blog
Alan Simpson's the lead pitchman for a billionaire- and corporate-funded initiative to slash Social Security that has subjected the public to years of nonstop haranguing and lecturing. The lecturing's gotten crude, too, as when Simpson insisted that anyone who...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 4, 2013 | Blog, Conservatism
Like I said in the first post in this series, Obama didn't waste time talking to Republicans in his inaugural address because he didn't need to talk to them. President Obama's biggest accomplishments in his first term happened without their support and despite their...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 4, 2013 | Blog
A new app called BizVizz helps you track corporate responsibility. The app tracks corporate tax rates, government subsidies, profits, campaign donations and will soon include CEO pay and other info. It is available for iPhone now, Android soon. The AFL-CIO Now blog...
by Digby | Feb 4, 2013 | Blog
This is why I so love Pete Peterson and Alan Simpson for launching their generational war. It's such fun being accused of being a "greedy geezer" when this is the result of the inevitable vagaries of capitalism: somebody's going to be on the losing side at the moment...
