We're the middle-class folks you've had so much to say about lately. Even better, we're the ones who are planning to support you. But sometimes, it just doesn't seem like you're listening to us.
AP | Posted 10.08.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Democrat Barack Obama says he would delay rescinding President Bush's tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next presiden...
Mitchell Bard | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
If Britney or Paris were to claim they were virgins, the media and public would go into apoplexy, but McCain can be equally dishonest about important policy issues, and virtually nobody says a word.
Robert L. Borosage | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics
Remember the old Steve Martin routine on how to make a million dollars and not pay taxes: "First, make a million dollars... Second, don't pay taxes." Turns out Martin's joke is standard operating procedure for corporations in the US.
Demos | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home
Supply-side economics or, more to the point, economic policy centered on tax cuts simply does not work. Without question, McCain's plan will pile $2 trillion to $5.7 trillion onto the federal debt.
Bryan D. Jones and Walter Williams | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics
America must come to realize that Reaganism is the philosophical underpinning of our woes. They are due to George W. Bush's mismanagement, but more fundamentally, by our slavish worship of flawed political philosophy.
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Even with the backing of all three presidential candidates, Senate old-timers in both parties decisively killed a proposed one-year...
AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
CHICAGO — Democratic Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday that Sen. John McCain reversed his position on President Bush's deep tax cuts in order to w...
Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Topping Congress's agenda as it returns this week is a plan to "jump-start the economy and try to shorten the slowdown that many economists say has al...
Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics