by | Aug 27, 2012 | Blog, Economy, The Sequester
The author is the Director of Public Policy for POGO (Project On Government Oversight) The big Pentagon contractors have been trying to scare lawmakers, the public, and the troops with dramatic claims that there will be massive job losses. For nearly a year, these...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 26, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
The national leader of one of America's feistiest unions is aiming to expand the economic fairness debate. He's proposing a cap on incomes at the top that rises only if incomes at the bottom rise first. With Labor Day fast approaching, what better time to reflect...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 24, 2012 | Blog
Mitt Romney (or someone) writes (or writes for him) in Murdoch/Al-Waleed's Wall Street Journal, that lessons he learned at Bain Capital will help him turn the country around if he is elected President. Is he right? In WSJ: Mitt Romney: What I Learned at Bain Capital,...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 24, 2012 | Blog, Too Big To Jail
Every day we rise and tell ourselves this will be a good day, free of that unique combination of predation, self-pity, mediocrity and disingenousness which characterizes the modern bank executive. And every day somebody proves us wrong. Today it's William B. "Bill"...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 23, 2012 | Blog
Move over John Derbyshire. Make room for Kevin D. Williamson, the latest conservative to astound those of us who naively thought there was little the right-wing could do anymore that would leave us staring in open-mouthed disbelief. Sure, Republican Missouri Senate...
by Bill Scher | Aug 23, 2012 | Blog, Financial Reform
This week's Public Policy Polling poll showing Republican Sen. Scott Brown opening up a 5-point lead over Consumer Financial Protection Bureau architect Elizabeth Warren will certainly be a wake-up call to her campaign and her supporters. But will she, and we, draw...
