Overturning the Republican Lie Machine
The facts about austerity are incontrovertible. There is every good reason to generate more income and not cut entitlement programs. Do NOT let the...
American Stagnation
America has never been richer. Private assets amount to over $80 trillion, more than four times the national debt and the GDP. Yet the...
Budget Cuts–Coming After Your Social Security
It is time to pay attention to the Peterson Commission. And you had better pay attention and tell your friends and have them tell...
The Post Office and Republican Treachery
Do you have a utility bill or a credit card bill that’s going to cost you extra if you don’t get it there on...
The Reagan Legacy
The American scene has changed since 1980 and not for the better. What is our biggest problem today? That’s right: the national debt. Everything...
On Oil Spills and Government Spoils
This is about our country.We have been through the Second Age of the Moguls and it was worse than the first, if that is...
Failure of Conservative Economics, Part III The Big Economic...
No discussion of Conservative economics will be complete without a full analysis and review of the theories of Fredrich Hayek. Hayek was an Austrian...
Jobs and the Current American Economic Disaster
Since the Fall of 2008, the U.S. economy a dynamic enterprise of about $15 trillion dollars, as measured in employment, has fallen by about...
How Republicans Took Your Job and How You Can Get It...
We rattle on, debating the Fascists about whether we should cut this or tax that....Congress and the President drone on and on. Lobbyists come...
Unless You Are a Millionaire–or a Bigot–You Should Not Vote Republican.
It is time that we all faced facts, looked at ourselves in the mirror and asked ourselves who we are.If you are...
Fixing the Economy and the Budget–for the People
It’s wonk city, folks. If you don’t have any patience, don’t read on. But if you don’t read on, don’t blame us if the...
Rich Getting Richer. Poor Getting Poorer.
In the United States today, the rich are getting richer and the poor are becoming poorer. The facts are clear. They are reported by...
Fair and Unbalanced
People want us to be fair and impartial. Not seeing conspiracies behind every voting booth. So perhaps we can attempt to be fair and...
The Economics of Robert Reich.
Many short men are taller than Robert Reich. But as they said about Ari Onassis (who wasn’t that short, Ms. Onassis was just a...
Creating Jobs in the United States
There are several problems with the current jobs situation and those are in addition to the fact that one out of approximately 8 people...