WASHINGTON — Thousands of companies that cashed in on President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package owed the government millions in unpaid ...

The beneficiaries of corporate tax cuts finance the political campaigns of those elected officials who do their bidding, lobbyists and think tanks that echo their "lower tax" propaganda.

Obama, like Kennedy, needs to overcome the dubious counsel of his own advisers, this time both economic and military. The president needs to listen to other voices, including his own.

Tax cuts without a stimulus package is like shooting someone to minister to a bullet wound: it only creates more bleeding with no end in sight.

Obama's effort to resuscitate the US economy is artificial life support, since we are no longer energetic, enterprising, and creative enough to generate sufficient economic activity on our own.

Obama can act like Community-Organizer-In-Chief and, along with grassroots movements from around the country, force Senate Republicans to allow the majority to vote on, and pass, an improved Stimulus Bill.

Question: what happens if you lose vast amounts of other people's money? Answer: you get a big gift from the federal government -- but the president s...

We have to recognize we do not live in a perfect world or a world of our choosing. There is no question that the government must act. But how -- and what is the likely impact?

Every day of delay is a day when more Americans get a pink slip. Let's hope that Senate Republicans stand with the President during this crisis rather than playing politics like the House GOP.

With our country in crisis, this is a time to face the truth, hold businesses and people accountable, and give relief where needed -- not just where it's politically advantageous to do so.

If the destruction of capitalism and the arc of history were responsible for American manufacturing's steep decline, there would be a legitimate debate about whether it's worth saving.

The 300-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Tuesday reinforced just how dire an economic environment President Obama faces, Colin Powell to...

With the ceremonies of Inauguration Day in the rear view mirror, President Barack Obama is quickly shifting focus to the number one priority on his do...

WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush said Friday that while the current economic crisis has sent shock waves around the world, he believes step...

Obama is calling on Congress to pass a stimulus package that will cost $700B or more over two years. That could create 2.5M jobs in the first year and a total of 5M jobs in the first two years.

We suffer not from a lack of confidence in the economy, but from a lack of confidence in a government that continues to cut taxes, borrow and spend, and refuses to engage in globalization.