by Stan Collender | Nov 19, 2012 | Blog
Originally published at Capital Gains and Games. The Dow Jones Industrials Average was in negative territory on Friday morning when congressional leaders emerged from their first fiscal cliff meeting at the White House. At that point the Dow was down 59 points. But...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 19, 2012 | Blog
Gotta hand it to 'em: Those Wall Street guys are smart. They've already found two ways to plunder the nation's wealth for their own enrichment, and now they're working on a third. The first way? Identify and finance a wave of Democratic politicians who would join with...
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 18, 2012 | Blog, Education
In President Obama's stunningly convincing reelection, only part of his education policies got reaffirmed -- the part he talked about most of the time during the campaign. Meanwhile, the president's policies known to align with what is commonly called "education...
by Roger Hickey | Nov 18, 2012 | Blog, Economy
For years now, various gangs of senators - the Gang of Eight, or Six, or 14 - have declared dire deficit emergencies and called for austerity: Cut public spending and cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits, they tell us. And, bizarrely, most of these...
by Digby | Nov 16, 2012 | Blog
Here's a little something for the "some things never change" files: Here's a radio speech 11/5/34 from Chairman Henry P. Fletcher, Republican National Committee: “We face unusual obstacles. Our party organizations everywhere have been handicapped by lack of funds. The...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 16, 2012 | Blog
You can help change the economy! Big companies use their size and the fear of losing our jobs to force us to accept no raises or even lower pay and benefits. They can use their size to force communities, states and even the federal government to lower their taxes. You...
