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...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 3, 2013 | Blog
. . we would have a fascinating, first-hand history of the roller-coaster first century of the modern federal income tax. Industrialist Frederick Peabody started building this manse of his dreams in 1913, the same year the income tax started biting into the nation’s...
by Digby | Feb 1, 2013 | Blog
I am on the record saying that Hagel never seemed like the brightest bulb to me but I deferred to those who insisted that he's really quite brilliant. I dunno. What I saw today didn't exactly make me change my mind, even as I have to acknowledge that the Senators...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 1, 2013 | Blog
The deficit problem is largely solved. Yet Republicans are still trying to cut us back into recession. Before the election they had an excuse: if they kept the economy down people might vote against Obama. But now? What is their game? Jobs fix deficits, and to fix...
