by Dave Johnson | Apr 10, 2012 | Blog
I was on the Thom Hartmann TV show Big Picture last night, discussing a new banker Super PAC. I wrote a piece for AlterNet, New Super-PAC Threatens to Destroy Candidates Who Side With the People Over Wall Street. The basic story here, (click through for the whole...
by Bill Scher | Apr 10, 2012 | Blog
When George W. Bush accepted the nomination for President at the 2000 Republican National Convention, he declared: "On principle, no one in America should have to pay more than a third of their income to the federal government." Bush was able to pass tax reform that...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 10, 2012 | Blog
In 2010 the men's magazine Esquire enlisted Lawrence O'Donnell, along with a panel of Republicans and economically centrist Democrats, to duplicate the anti-Social Security efforts of the Simpson/Bowles Deficit Commission. Now the magazine is at it again, with an...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 10, 2012 | Blog
A spring awash with Etch A Sketch conservatives, camera-wielding GOP con men and a bogus deficit reduction budget from House Republicans shows that for the right, wrong is justified when it achieves the desired results. A perfect example of this political philosophy...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 9, 2012 | Blog
Conservatives like House Speaker John Boehner say the government can't raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires because they are "job creators." Instead, House Republicans are once more calling for trillions in more tax cuts for the richest Americans. That's a big...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 9, 2012 | Blog
A new video is circulating showing an actual case of voter fraud! We can finally show people what happens if you commit voter fraud. Let's prosecute the perpetrator, put him in jail for a long time, and set a clear example and send a loud message: do not do this! "To...
