by Dave Johnson | Nov 11, 2010 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
“Watch what we do, not what we say.” (Famous Republican advice.) The Reagan Revolution was first and foremost about cutting the taxes paid by the rich and corporations. Now, almost 30 years later, the United States of America is drowning in debt. And that is exactly...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 11, 2010 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
The conservative argument of the last 30-40 years boils down to this: "Hey look at this big pile of seed corn. Let's eat it!" Almost 30 years after the "Reagan Revolution" our infrastructure is crumbling around us. Since the Reagan-era tax cuts we have been deferring...
by Sara Robinson | Aug 10, 2010 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
Dave Johnson's post on the broken contract that's allowed private interests to siphon off our public wealth for the past 30 years is incredibly important. His basic argument is this: We, the People built our democracy and the empowerment and protections it bestows. We...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 13, 2010 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
Cut spending? Wait - where did that terrible idea come from? Government is We, the People and its job is to protect and empower us. Why in the world would we want to cut back on that? WSJ today, The Bush Tax Cuts and the Deficit Myth, "Runaway government spending, not...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 5, 2009 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
Our current economic meltdown may finally have ended the era that began when Ronald Reagan became President. Now a new study — from the Congressional Budget Office — helps us understand the inequality that has us melting. Two days before Christmas, with...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 29, 2008 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
In every article assessing the roots of today's financial crisis, one theme stands out: As would-be Wall Street wizards came up with ever-more-fantastical strategies for making obscene profits, the guardians of the public trust either snoozed or egged them on. The...
