by Robert Borosage | Feb 1, 2011 | Blog, Reagan Revolution, Rick Perlstein
The celebration of Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday doesn't come until early March, but the devotions have been going on for years. For conservatives, Reagan is the lodestar, the genial demigod to whom all must avow fealty. In a Time cover story, Michael Scherer and...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 30, 2011 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
With the centennial of our 40th President's birth fast approaching, how about a shout-out for the soak-the-rich tax rates that he so despised — and more civic-minded Hollywood stars so enthusiastically embraced. Did Ronald Reagan change history? Well, we all change...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 19, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Reagan Revolution
Washington is inundated with deficit commissions. The country has piled up a huge debt because we cut taxes for the wealthy and borrowed to make up the difference. But everyone says we can't fix the problem by raising taxes on the rich in a recession because taxes...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 16, 2010 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
The deficit commission report issued last week is another Saturday night special pressed to the temple of the American middle class. “Turn over your money and your benefits or your country will die,” the report screams at workers. “You want your country to go...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 11, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Reagan Revolution
The recession ended in June, 2009? What? Seriously? No one told the millions of unemployed. And last week we got more bad news: 44 million of us living in poverty, and that was last year, before unemployment and COBRA subsidies started running out for the unemployed,...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 11, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage, Reagan Revolution
To lift the economy, we have to lift wages. Increased wages will restore demand. The changes that will increase wages will help restore democracy. The social contract used to be that citizens in our democracy share the benefits of our economy through increased wages...
