by Terrance Heath | Nov 1, 2012 | Blog
Austerity is back in the news, and the news about austerity is never good. We've only had de facto austerity on this side of the pond. So as usual, the news is from Europe, where the austerians are going full-tilt boogie. Our homegrown austerians, like their European...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 1, 2012 | Blog, Climate
First, there was Snowpocalypse. Then there was Snowmageddon. That was followed by Thundersnow. This summer brought the derecho. And most recently, we've been visited by Frankenstorm. Aside from their odd names, these events all have a few more things in common. Along...
by Stan Collender | Nov 1, 2012 | Blog
Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games. You haven't heard much…or perhaps anything…yet about a disaster relief supplemental appropriation for the state and local governments and individuals who were hit so hard by Sandy. But you will, probably...
by Dean Baker | Nov 1, 2012 | Blog
Originally published at TruthOut. One of the major growth industries in Washington is the promotion of budget hysteria. Well-funded groups have weekly, if not daily, events designed to hype the country’s budget situation. Much of the national media, most importantly...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 1, 2012 | Blog
Poll after poll has shown that the public rejects the millionaire-oriented, tax-cutting, government-slashing austerity plan known as "Simpson Bowles." And yet politicians in both parties keep trying to force it through the legislative process under the banner of a...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 1, 2012 | Blog
Candidate Mitt Romney is trying to "get the job done" of winning, doing anything and saying anything to accomplish that, no matter the hard done in his wake. After doubling down and scaring Ohio's auto workers with his "Jeep moving all its jobs to China" lie, now he...
