by Jeff Bryant | Aug 13, 2012 | Blog, Education
Even if you don't have school-aged children, you can tell schools are about to open in many places because the airwaves, mailboxes, and newspaper inserts are stuffed with "Back to School" advertising. It's also the time of year when we hear most about research studies...
by Leo Gerard | Aug 13, 2012 | Blog
This guy, Edward DeMarco, is deliberately damaging America -- promoting foreclosures, high unemployment and excessive taxes. This guy, the acting head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), has aggressively denied help to eviction-imperiled homeowners. And now...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 13, 2012 | Blog
It is difficult to read, watch or listen to the news without hearing that public employees are paid too much and get “lucrative” pensions and this is “bankrupting” your state, county or city. Public officials are "in bed" with "union bosses" and state and local...
by Bill Scher | Aug 13, 2012 | Blog
"We're Not Going To Reduce Taxes for High-Income People." -- Mitt Romney on CBS' 60 Minutes, 8/12/12, at the 12:41 mark above Mitt Romney was trapped. The Tax Policy Center smoked out his tax plan -- no matter how many unspecified tax loopholes Romney says he would...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 13, 2012 | Blog
Paul Ryan's looks are often compared to an actor's, and that's no accident: He's being groomed for the role of a lifetime. When Mitt Romney accidentally introduced Ryan as "the next President" he may have been displaying the same predilection for accidental honesty -...