by | Jul 18, 2012 | Blog, The Sequester
Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games. There’s increasing nervousness on Capitol Hill these days about the one thing that has to be done on the budget before voters go to the polls. Unlike 2011, when multiple spending, tax and debt ceiling deadlines were...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 18, 2012 | Blog
I write from a patio overlooking the palmed courtyard of the Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The colonial vestiges have their appeal. Phnom Penh, which I imagined as a sleepy French influenced capital with rickshaws and tuktuks, is a bustling...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 18, 2012 | Blog
David Brooks says Obama's attacks on Romney's business record are "about capitalism." That's like saying an arrest for vehicular homicide is "about driving." Our economic "roads" are jammed with destructive drivers like Romney. They're menacing motorists with their...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 17, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Everyone wants to know, "What is Mitt Romney hiding?" Or - given that lately every day seems seems bring to another revelation about Romney's offshore accounts, or more evidence that undermines Mitt's story about just when he finally left Bain Capital - "What else is...
by Bill Scher | Jul 17, 2012 | Blog
Republicans used to oppose regulations on campaign contributions by saying all we needed was more disclosure so people would know who contributed to who, and could make their own judgements. Now, when Democrats introduce a DISCLOSE Act to do just that, Republicans...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 17, 2012 | Blog
The Jeff Daniels character from The Newsroom would know what to ask the operators of an allegedly "grass roots" group called "No Labels": "Why won't you publish your list of donors?" "What's wrong with having legislators debate the issues publicly? Isn't that how...
