Catfood Commission

WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) demanded cuts in Social Security Wednesday while lashing out at Republican strategist Grover Norquist,...

I just got off the phone with a reporter who wanted my thoughts on the appointment of Bruce Reed as Joe Biden's chief of staff. My first though, sarca...

Jeanine Molloff Now that we are firmly into the Christmas season, with Santa, Rudolph and the Grinch--I wonder which character our political leade...

There is no debt or deficit crisis. There are just foolish statements being made about the debt-deficit "crisis".

Over the past three days, we've looked at the phony deficit crisis withe excerpts from my new book, "It's Not Raining, We're Getting Peed On: The S...

The next couple of news cycles will be dominated by the deficit commission report. The way Obama reacts to this will be one of the most consequential early signs of which path the administration wants to take going forward.

When the budget crisis fanatics say we have no money because government has a "structural deficit," it's just not true. We have a bigger deficit now because we let a bunch of Wall Street gamblers play fast and loose with the rules.

Everyone in Washington has a few busy weeks ahead, until the 111th Congress wraps up business and heads off into the sunset, but President Obama will be at the center of this whirlwind.

The government's deficit and debt are not a big crisis. It's not even a little crisis. It's not a crisis at all. What is most disturbing is how man...

Send in the clowns! No, that's not a statement on Congress returning to Washington next week. Although if you choose to read it that way, I certainly...

Tuesday's election gave expression to a deep frustration that Washington is not listening to Main Street. This frustration seems reasonable after read...

One might ask, why did union members protest outside of a big bank's office when it is the President's commission that is proposing to cut Social Security?

Former Senator Alan Simpson should be removed from the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. And so should Social Security, but f...

I've been saying for a while now that the real threat to Social Security isn't just the privatization hawks like Pete Peterson or retirement age exper...

Congress should preempt the commission from targeting Social Security by making it clear that they will not accept cuts or an increase in the retirement age.

If enough of us speak out against Social Security cuts now, then people like me, fighting to protect Social Security, can show the media where We, The People stand on this.