by Richard Eskow | Mar 22, 2012 | Blog
By now most people have heard some of the worst things about the Republican budget proposal - commonly called the "Ryan plan" and unironically described by the GOP as "the Path to Prosperity": That it decimates programs for middle class and lower-income Americans...
by Bill Scher | Mar 22, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Last year, when the House Republican leadership introduced its budget, they tried to pretend that giant tax cuts for the wealthy and the obliteration of most government functions would create jobs. They commissioned right-wing propaganda shop The Heritage Foundation...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 22, 2012 | Blog
The new Republican budget plan: Smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke. Tax cuts for the 1%, cuts in the things We, the People do for each other. Smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke,...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 21, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
You have probably heard about a solar-energy company named Solyndra, but probably what you have heard is a bunch of negative, conspiratorial, anti-alternative-energy, anti-Obama stuff from the corporate/conservative spin machine. The real story is that our government...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 21, 2012 | Blog
End Secret Corporate Campaign Cash. From CAF: It has been two years since the Supreme Court decided in the infamous Citizens United case that corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money on political campaigns. Since then, our democracy has been drowning in a...
by Alan Jenkins | Mar 21, 2012 | Blog
The Obama administration and states around the country have taken important steps in recent months toward putting American homeownership and financial security back on track. But it’s clear that more ambitious solutions are needed. After a lull due to negotiations...
