by Dave Johnson | Jul 27, 2012 | Blog
Try this on for size: This week Republicans voted to cut them on the wealthy, while raising them on the poor and middle class. Repeat, this week Republicans voted to cut them on the wealthy, while raising them on the poor and middle class. Once again, this week...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 27, 2012 | Blog
Ask half a dozen people about the latest report on gross domestic product ( GDP ), and you're likely to get half a dozen answers about just what it means. You may also be tempted to ask what it even measures, and why it matters. The short answer is that it measures...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 27, 2012 | Blog
You are all too familiar with the myths and hyperbole the right uses to foist its debilitating austerity agenda on the general public — that federal spending is out of control and the government itself is too big, that our tax burden has become untenable (cue the...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 27, 2012 | Blog
The press has had a field day highlighting British reactions to Romney’s mild criticism of the Olympic preparations. Tory P.M David Cameron slaps him down. London Mayor Boris Johnson scorns him before a crowd of 60,000. Tabloid press goes off. Much tut-tutting on how...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 27, 2012 | Blog, Economy
It's truly unbelievable: At no time in modern memory has the privileged class been richer, the middle class more endangered, or the number of people in poverty been so high. And yet the Republican Party, whose leaders are overwhelmingly wealthy themselves, is openly...
