Pentagon and Tax Cheats Already Cost Taxpayers Far More Than Biden’s Job Plan
Biden’s American Jobs Plan calls for $2.3 trillion in federal spending over eight years. That’s a lot, but much less than we spend on our military.
How to Stop a Tax Plan Rigged for the Rich
We can take a lesson from 1932.
Obama Tips His Hat to FDR
It’s good to see that after years of riling his base instead of rallying it, President Obama is rising above Washington’s gridlock.
The fiscal cliff … of ’32
Eighty years ago, just like today, a fiscal crisis almost totally dominated the nation’s capital.
To Move Forward, We Must Learn from Our Progressive Past
Yesterday’s ideas about curbing the ultra-rich’s power remain just as relevant as ever.
Raise the Minimum Wage
Boosting it would help our lowest-paid workers as well as the entire economy.
Austerity Won’t Restore our Prosperity
We are trying to prop up an economy that is a giant Ponzi scheme.
Obama Faces Economic Disaster
The new president will inherit the financial meltdown that has begun to reach beyond the “developed” countries and into Russia, Korea and Brazil.
New Deal’s Unsung Japanese Victory
FDRs campaign against economic royalists lived onand triumphedafter his death. But not where he would have expected.