"Drawing blood” from the economy by cutting government expenditures at a time of high unemployment and underused resources will only ensure the patient’s death, not recovery.
AlterNet teams up with Salon and Brave New Foundation to document how Dems on the Congressional "supercommittee" get far more military campaign money and contracts than the GOP.
Economic historians will look back on this era as a time when policy-makers damaged Americans' welfare with ideologically driven, self-inflicted wounds.
The idea that both sides in any given political fight are equal and deserve equal consideration is skewing the mainstream media's coverage of the debt ceiling fight.
Reports say that President Obama is finally losing patience with Republican games over the debt ceiling--even while Republicans fight among themselves.
Democrats must endorse progressive principles again and hammer home the distinction between the party that cares about everyday Americans, not just the wealthy.
A plan being sold to the public as a “serious” attempt to reduce the federal deficit would cut the budget gap by just one-seventh of one percent over the next decade.
Riane Eisler, Rene Redwood, American Forum. May 19, 2011.
Investment in human infrastructure is essential for success in the post-industrial economy. Gutting social programs such as Medicare is behavior that borders on the criminal.
Conservatives have spent 30 years divorcing the taxes we pay from the services they finance -- no wonder the public doesn't know where their tax dollars go.
Obama has a smart idea for outflanking the GOP but by focusing the public’s attention on the budget deficit, the President is still playing on their field.
