by Richard Eskow | Jan 19, 2012 | Blog
"Investigate the Banks!" Today a coalition of progressive groups handed in a petition with more than 360,000 signatures that demanded exactly that. It calls on the Obama administration to stop pushing a cushy fraud settlement for bankers, to pursue a fair deal for...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 19, 2012 | Blog
Republicans were blocking National Labor Relations Board and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau nominees to keep these agencies from doing their jobs under the law, in exchange for a cut of the take. Obama made recess appointments to get them up and operating. Now...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 19, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness ("Jobs Council") issued a report calling for fewer regulations and lower corporate tax rates. This doesn't have to be a bad idea. The Report The Jobs Council report, Road Map to Renewal makes a number of...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 19, 2012 | Blog
After Newt Gingrich was rewarded with a surge in the polls, for playing the race card during the South Carolina GOP debate, Mitt Romney has launched another all out attack on Newt - this time focusing on Newt's record as speaker, with an assist from some...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 19, 2012 | Blog
Mitt Romney's ultra-low tax rate on his ultra-high income is reviving questions about the breaks and perks that the wealthiest of the 1% receive from the rest of us. One of these is a special low tax rate for investments -- as if anyone needed special tax incentives...
