by Bill Scher | Aug 2, 2012 | Blog
It is often stated as fact that Democrats always want to raise taxes and Republicans always want to lower taxes. We now know this to be false. Nearly every Republican in the Senate, nearly every Republican in the House and the Republican nominee for President Mitt...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 2, 2012 | Blog
Republican tax plans raise taxes on the middle class to pay for tax cuts on the rich. They just voted against tax cuts for people making under $250,000, and for tax cuts for people making more than that. Last month they filibustered the bill ending tax breaks for...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 2, 2012 | Blog
Is a little-known bureaucrat named Edward DeMarco an unreasonable, ideological obstructionist who's blocking badly-needed homeowner relief? The White House says he is. So does Paul Krugman. Some of us having been harping on the subject for months. Now the...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 1, 2012 | Blog, The Sequester
Protect Social Security and Medicare, raise taxes on the wealthiest, create middle class jobs -- who could be against those things? The Congressional Progressive Caucus announced today a set of "Deal for All" principles that take a stand "against any plan that...
