by Digby | Sep 25, 2013 | Economy, Retirement Security, The Jobs Challenge
There's a lot of resentment toward baby boomers among young people out there and often for a very good reason. We are an insufferably self-centered lot. (And the generation that famously used "never trust anyone over 30" as its credo is in no position to complain.) In...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 25, 2013 | Economy, Too Big To Jail
Someone should tell AIG CEO Robert Benmosche that unless he's hanging from the end of a rope, he's not being lynched. Americans are at the end of their ropes, because the wealthy got bailed out while the rest of us got left out. Benmosche recently told the Wall Street...
by Thom Hartmann | Sep 23, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Minimum Wage
Pope Francis did it again. On Sunday, during a meeting with a group of unemployed workers, the Pope abandoned his prepared comments and railed against economic inequality. Pope Francis has previously spoken out against harsh austerity policies that are harming...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 20, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, This Is The GOP
The GOP is burdened with a base too steeped in racial denialism and resentment to allow Republicans to reach out to minority voters. Republicans have painted themselves into a corner through decades of appealing to racial fears and stoking the racial resentments of...
by Emily Foster | Sep 19, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy
As the House of Representatives prepared to vote Thursday on a bill that would cut $40 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as “food stamps,” three economic experts denounced the conservative underpinnings of what they describe as...
by Digby | Sep 19, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy
You've got to love the Randroids. they never give up. Here's one writing in Forbes about the 99% vs the 1%. Guess who he thinks need to give back? Each particular individual in the community who contributed to a man’s rise to wealth was paid at the time–either...
