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...
by Bill Scher | Nov 16, 2012 | Blog
One of the most populist Senate campaigns in the 2012 election season was the successful campaign of Elizabeth Warren. Her bread and butter strategy for overcoming Sen. Scott Brown's lead in the polls is ably recounted over at WageClassWar.org. In Massachusetts,...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 16, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Last week the voters delivered their verdict on what has come to be known as "the Republican War on Women": They're against it. We've had decades of relentless class warfare from above, in the form of wealth distribution from the many to the few. Finally,...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 15, 2012 | Blog
In a night that was full of sweet victories, few were sweeter than Democrat Tammy Baldwin's successful bid for Wisconsin's senate seat. As she said in her acceptance speech, it was "a huge victory for Wisconsin's middle class." Baldwin's victory was all that and more....
