On AlterNet: budget deficit

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "budget deficit"

Inaction by Congress Deepens the Jobs Crisis

Zach Carter, The Media Consortium. July 7, 2010.

The jobs crisis is getting worse. Why won't Congress do anything about it?

Stop Trying to Kill Social Security

Dean Baker, Comment Is Free. April 29, 2010.

Worried about the deficit? Wall Street is the problem, not Social Security.

10 Ways to Force the Stinking Rich to Share Their Wealth

Zach Carter, AlterNet. April 15, 2010.

How rich people can stop whining about the deficit and start paying their taxes.

Wall Street Took Your House and Your Retirement, Now They're After Your Social Security

Ellen Hodgson Brown, TruthOut.org. March 5, 2010.

Wall Street tycoon Pete Peterson wants to bring IMF-style economic insanity to the U.S. The scary part? He might get away with it.

Explaining Obamanomics

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. February 11, 2010.

Republicans, Tea Partiers, deficit vultures, and Raging-Dog Democrats, all see Obamanomics as more taxes and more spending. That’s nonsense.

The Seven Deadly Deficits: What the Bush Years Really Cost Us

Joseph Stiglitz, Mother Jones. December 22, 2008.

And how President Obama can get the economy back on track.

Krugman: The Economic Debate is Dominated by Dangerous Lies

Kristen Gwynne, December 31, 1969.