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Celebrate the Defeat of the Granny Bashers! Billionaire-backed Campaign Fails to Cut Social Security and Medicare

Posted on: Jun 18, 2013, Source: Beat the Press

The Peter Peterson-inspired Campaign to Fix the Debt could not convince Americans to hurt seniors.

Could Senator Warren's Idea for Cheap Student Loans Help Make Rich Kids Richer?

Posted on: Jun 6, 2013, Source: Beat the Press

Hidden subsidies sometimes have unintended consequences.

Why Does The Washington Post Think It's Bad News that the Absurd GOP Budget Strategy is Falling Apart?

Posted on: May 9, 2013, Source: Beat the Press

Apparently the Post didn't get the memo that deficit reduction is completely discredited.

Why American CEOs Get Paid Way More Than CEOs Anywhere Else (Hint: It's Not Performance Based)

Posted on: Apr 18, 2013, Source: Smirking Chimp

How have we allowed CEOs to make 30 or 40 times the pay of typical workers, and how to make it better.

The Scary Truth About Seniors and Money

Posted on: Mar 3, 2013, Source: Beat the Press

A new Pew report on wealth by age group is being used to obscure reality.

Economy Shrinks -- Here's Why It's Not Bad News ...

Posted on: Jan 30, 2013, Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research

A sharp drop in government spending, heavily concentrated in defense, coupled with a decline in inventories caused GDP to shrink at a 0.1 percent rate.

Timothy Geithner Saved Wall Street, Not the Economy

Posted on: Jan 29, 2013, Source: AlterNet

So long, Timmy. It's been pretty awful knowing ya.

The Planned 3 Percent Cut to Social Security; Obama and the Democrats Are on Board

Posted on: Jan 17, 2013, Source: AlterNet

The bottom line is that President Obama and many leading Democrats are prepared to give seniors a larger hit to their income than they gave to the over $250,000 crowd.

Why the Country's Top Economists Keep Making Wildly Stupid Claims

Posted on: Nov 23, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Underwater homeowners can't explain the weak recovery. It's reduced demand and wiped out housing wealth.

The Washington Post Backs the GOP's Economic Voodoo

Posted on: Feb 3, 2012, Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research

Time Magazine Ignores Reality to Promote Paul Ryan's "Right-Wing Social Engineering" Plan to End Medicare

Posted on: Dec 16, 2011, Source: Beat the Press

Declining Labor Force Participation Leads to Sharp Drop in Unemployment

Posted on: Dec 2, 2011, Source: CEPR

Economy Generated Just 80,000 Jobs in October, Don't Expect Big Drop in Unemployment Soon

Posted on: Nov 4, 2011, Source: CEPR

Washington Post Discards All Journalistic Standards In Attack on Social Security

Posted on: Oct 30, 2011, Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research

Jobs Report: Growth, While Weak, Mostly Came from Health Care Employment

Posted on: Oct 7, 2011, Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research

Bleak Jobs Report: Zero Job Growth in August, as Unemployment Rate Remains Stable

Posted on: Sep 2, 2011, Source: CEPR

Employment Rate Hits New Low as Economy Creates 117,000 Jobs in July

Posted on: Aug 5, 2011, Source: CEPR

On Ron Paul's 'Screw the Fed' Plan for Dealing with Debt Ceiling Showdown

Posted on: Jul 8, 2011, Source: The New Republic

David Brooks Gets It Wrong Again; Blames Fannie Mae for Big Banks' Mortgage Crisis

Posted on: Jun 17, 2011, Source: Beat the Press

Jobs Report: Unemployment Edges Up to 9 Percent Despite Strong Job Growth

Posted on: May 6, 2011, Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research

Obama's Outrageous Christmas Gift to Fannie and Freddie

Posted on: Dec 28, 2009, Source: Comment Is Free

After throwing the economy into the worst downturn since the Great Depression, the financial industry has used its political power to become stronger than ever.

Good News on Jobs Front but Still no Signs of a "Robust" Recovery

Posted on: Dec 4, 2009, Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research

Employers are cutting jobs at a much slower rate.

Not One More Tax Dollar For the Banks

Posted on: Nov 30, 2009, Source: Comment Is Free

The millions of American families struggling to keep up with their bubble-era mortgages are the ones who deserve help.

Unemployment Hits 10.2 Percent, Economy Sheds 190,000 Jobs

Posted on: Nov 6, 2009, Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research

A run-down of the employment picture.

Do Critics on the Right Even Know Why They're Supposed to Attack Obama's Healthcare Plan?

Posted on: Aug 4, 2009, Source: Huffington Post

The Right knows that they are supposed to hate Obamacare, the only problem is that they keep forgetting why.

How a Shorter Workweek Could Save Our Economy

Posted on: Jan 28, 2009, Source: The Guardian

Shortening the workweek would create jobs and stimulate the US economy -- and give workers the benefits other countries provide.

Bush's Cronies Spread the Wealth Around ... to Corporations

Posted on: Dec 3, 2008, Source: Firedoglake

It is remarkable how little attention is being given to Paulson and Bernanke's ambitious effort to spread the wealth.

The Washington Post Only Supports Bailouts for Millionaires, Not Autoworkers

Posted on: Oct 28, 2008, Source: Huffington Post

After all, the average autoworker only makes $56,650 a year, who do they think they are?

Are You Better Off?

Posted on: Oct 15, 2008, Source: Brave New Films

Reagan vs. Carter, and Obama vs. McCain