by Bill Scher | Jun 27, 2012 | Blog
Yesterday I discussed Mitt Romney's outsourcing problem with David Pakman on the David Pakman show. The strangest aspect of the Romney campaign strategy is the disconnect between the claim that his business experience is what qualifies him to be president, and the...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 26, 2012 | Blog
A recent court case proves what many of us have long suspected: Big banks have been ripping off this nation's towns and cities for years in an old-fashioned racketeering scam. We ran some numbers to see how much this criminality might have cost the American people.The...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 26, 2012 | Blog
What a complex web we weave, when our lives are ruled by greed. Verizon is an example of what corporate greed (the 1%) is doing to our middle class and vulnerable (the 99%). It is a highly profitable company, just gave its CEO a huge raise, but dodges its taxes...
by | Jun 26, 2012 | Blog, The Sequester
Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games. There’s about to be a big change in the federal budget debate. In the end, the big winner will be the part of the budget that supposedly is so unpopular — federal spending — that a candidate for office this year cannot...
by Leo Gerard | Jun 26, 2012 | Blog
Robin Hood popped up all across America last week. A bunch of green-suited Merry Men protested in front of Wall Street bank branches in 15 cities. Another felt-hatted group demonstrated in Washington D.C. during J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon's testimony about why...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 25, 2012 | Blog
Never mind "class warfare." Generational warfare continues apace, this time in the editorial pages of the Washington Post, which echoed the conservative message to young (and older) Americans struggling with student debt: Drop dead. Congress faces two deadlines at...
