by Terrance Heath | Nov 20, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy
If Congress is serious about “fiscal responsibility," they should cut corporate America's "free lunch," instead of voting for even more painful cuts to food stamps. It would bring in more revenue than any pseudo-savings from cutting food stamps. Millions of Americans...
by Joshua Holland | Nov 19, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy
If you want to know why the campaign for a living wage has escalated so dramatically in the past few years, look no further than this story in The Cleveland Plain Dealer… CLEVELAND, Ohio — The storage containers are attractively displayed at the Wal-Mart on Atlantic...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 19, 2013 | Conservatism, Democracy
They did it again. Republicans on Monday filibustered to block the Senate from voting on the nomination of Robert Wilkins to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit. This filibuster was one more piece of the Republican campaign to obstruct...
by Digby | Nov 18, 2013 | Conservatism, Democracy, Economy
Jesus, just how many of these things are there? Jane Mayer introduces us to the State Policy Network: At the annual meeting, which took place in Oklahoma City this past September 24th through 27th, Sharp explained what she called The IKEA Model. She said that it...
by Joshua Holland | Nov 15, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Progressive Vision
Rip-off: High Out-of-Pocket Social Costs are a Stealth Tax on the Middle Class and the Poor (via Moyers & Company) Editor’s note: This is the third piece in a series looking at the fact that while Americans enjoy a lower overall tax burden than that of the...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 15, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Financial Reform
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold – William Butler Yeats Washington is frozen even before winter, with the fierce Tea Party resistance to President Obama’s re-election producing...
