It’s budget week in Congress! The House will most likely end up passing the budget proposed by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan. In the House The Ryan Budget: Reduces the deficit by $5.7 trillion over ten years than the current baseline, and cuts
— by Robert Reich, former Labor Secretary under President Bill Clinton Disturbing reports that the White House is already caving on Social Security and Medicare — telling Republicans it’s willing to cut yearly inflation adjustments to Social Security (thereby stranding seniors who
Budgets are statements of values and priorities. Based on the GOP’s latest budget, apparently the interests of women are not a priority. Here’s a look at how the GOP budget is bad for women and children. Here’s a link to a comparison of the numbers
Mar 11, 2013 | By ThinkProgress War Room 6 Things Americans Did Not Vote for in 2012 Tomorrow, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) will release the latest version of his infamous Republican budget plan — you know, the one that ends Medicare as we know
BANKING When Bankers Rule the World David Korten, Op-Ed: “The tell-all defection of Greg Smith, a former Goldman Sachs executive, provided an insider’s view of the moral corruption of the Wall Street banks that control of much of America’s economy and politics. Smith
Congressman Paul Ryan has finally endorsed Mitt Romney as his preferred candidate for president. Yeah, like we didn’t expect that coming. Thus, it should be no surprise that both Romney and Ryan support the same key budget tenets — massive cuts to
Okay … I went back and pulled out my last summary of version 1.0 of the Ryan “Path to Prosperity” budget and added in the figures he’s proposing in his “version 2.0” of the Path to Prosperity. It’s startling. Before you start
Republicans can carp about Democrats rushing things through Congress, but Republicans are just as guilty if more more guilty of that tactic. This week, Republicans in Congress are set to vote (HCONRES112) to eliminate Medicare as you know it, and use the
