Joe the Plumber, We Miss You!

Four years ago, a plumber by the name of Joe Wurzelbacher injected a bit of a debate over inequality right into the heart of the 2008 presidential race. Now four years later Joe the Plumber has largely faded from view. He’s running a lackluster campaign for...

Gagging on an Ad Blitz of Empty Anti-Wall Street Rhetoric

Campaign strategists are placing these anti-Wall Street ads for an obvious reason. Wall Street’s greed grab, they understand, has deeply angered America. A growing number of lawmakers in Congress are aiming to change this 1 percent-friendly status quo....

The Biggest Losers: Big Bird and the American People

Most importantly, nobody dared to breathe the truth, lest it actually get out — America Is Not Broke. That’s right, the debate was an exercise in ridiculousness that produced no insight, no plan, no inspiration, no leadership, no truth. We are rich. We...

Democratic Dishonor Roll on Inequality

When we started the grading process, we feared it could turn out to be a big bore. With Congress so polarized, we expected to find lock-step partisan voting that would give all Republicans F’s and all Democrats A’s. Instead, we found that the divisiveness...