by Dave Johnson | Nov 22, 2011 | Blog
Let's hope that the failure of the "super committee" quest to take money out of the economy clears the media mist for a minute, so people can focus on real issues that matter to real people. What are the chances of that? Will our government now focus on creating jobs,...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 21, 2011 | Blog
Discussion of the "Super Committee" debacle continues to misguide and misinform the public in an all-too-familiar way. Once again the consensus in the media and among political leaders reflects the misperceptions of an insular Washington culture, rather than the...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 21, 2011 | Blog
I just wanted to say a few quick things about deficits and the "super committee." 1) Never forget that 11 years ago we had a huge budget surplus and were on track to pay off the entire debt in 10 years. Then came the Bush tax cuts for the rich and a huge military...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 21, 2011 | Blog
Being in the 99 percent, and living in Washington, DC, is to live and work in close proximity to the 1 percent. (Especially if you work in Capitol Hill.) When you do so on a daily basis, it's easy to forget that — as F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote — "The...
by | Nov 21, 2011 | Blog, The Sequester
I'll just let Bernie Sanders explain it to Wolf Blitzer, who appears to be extremely confused by the fact that someone might have liberal principles. In fairness, it's not something he hears every day. Usually, it's a Democrat explaining that he or she is more than...
by | Nov 21, 2011 | Blog, The Sequester
Originally posted a Capital Gains and Games. Two things if you're at all surprised that the anything-but-super committee is going to announce today that it has been unable to agree on a deficit reduction plan and so is going out of business. First, you weren't reading...
