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
The debate over raising the debt ceiling and deficit reduction is coming down to the wire. Despite the fact that Democrats control the White House and the Senate, it is right-wing Republicans who are calling the shots and setting the agenda. Unless
If last night’s vote in NY-26, a seriously red district in western New York, said anything, it’s that Rep. Ryan’s Path to Poverty (for the middle class and seniors) is an absolute non-starter with the American public. Yet a number of Republicans
