by Josh Rosenblum | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog
This morning at the Newseum House Speaker John Boehner was asked by Politico's Mike Allen if he could produce any small business owner whose lives would face an impact if a millionaire surtax became law. Allen cited NPR’s Tamara Keith who couldn't find anyone in...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog
No doubt Republicans know the fight over extending the payroll tax is one they could lose. Thus, they've pivoted away from opposing the extension, and have presented a plan of their own — one that Timothy Noah says the Democrats should be willing to work with because...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog
This morning I appeared on KPFK's Uprising program with Sonali Kolhatkar to discuss the "payroll tax holiday" debate now going in the Senate. There's a lot of confusion around this issue. For one thing, the general public always struggles to understand numbers,...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog
Yesterday Thom Hartmann and I discussed the proposal to extend and expand what Democrats have called the 'payroll tax holiday.' (Video is below.) There are no heroes in this debate, but there are certainly villains. There are several different ways this could end -...
by Bill Scher | Dec 13, 2011 | Blog
Congressional Republicans have been in disarray since the President cranked up the pressure to extend the payroll tax cut before it expires this month, with some leaders swearing that Republicans really really would like to extend it but not if it means...
