At least in Rome, the citizens enjoyed bread and circuses. Now it's no bread, and no circuses. The Ryan Budget feeds old people to the lions. And sick people. And students. And the unemployed.
Harlan Green | Posted 05.29.2012
Austerity folks keep insisting starvation is the only way to recover from the biggest credit binge since the Great Depression. The latest example is House Republicans' passing of Paul Ryan's budget proposal that punishes the poor to pay for the excesses of the wealthiest.
Mike Lux | Posted 05.29.2012
A government that would cut support to middle-class families trying to support their disabled children so the wealthy can get more tax breaks would be a government with no decency.
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.18.2012
WASHINGTON -- The House passed a defense budget Friday that exceeds the deal cut by Congress and President Barack Obama last summer, and that would ha...
The Washington Post | Posted 05.14.2012
CICERO, N.Y. -- Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-N.Y.) is exasperated as she concludes her opening remarks and reaches for a piece of paper on the podium....
Harlan Green | Posted 05.11.2012
We know Victor Hugo's message is alive and well when Paul Ryan's latest budget proposal continues to punish the poorest for the sins of the wealthiest, who caused the Great Recession and have yet to be punished.
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.10.2012
WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday passed its plan to spare the military's growing budget from mandatory cuts, instead slashing Medicaid, benefits fo...
Eric Griego | Posted 05.09.2012
Paul Ryan's budget -- which the House passed -- proposed drastic cuts to two programs that can literally mean life and death for America's most vulnerable citizens -- Social Security and Medicare.
Ben Zweifach | Posted 05.09.2012
Last week's shellackings across the Atlantic were bad news for both Democrats and Republicans -- because it will make bipartisan deficit reduction that much spookier for everybody in Washington.
Robert Naiman | Posted 05.16.2012
A common Obama-Hollande front on ending the war and ending European austerity would be in the interest of the American 99%, the European 99%, and the Afghan 99%.
The Hill | Posted 05.08.2012
House Republican appropriators on Tuesday revealed that they have decided to ignore GOP budget guru Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on the controversial issue...
New York Magazine | Jonathan Chait | Posted 05.08.2012
Last month, President Obama delivered a speech assailing the Republican budget crafted by Paul Ryan. The speech enraged conservatives, and the rage sh...
The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 05.07.2012
The race to succeed Gabrielle Giffords in Congress has turned into a localized debate over the future of Social Security and Medicare. Ron Barber,...
Kristian Ramos | Posted 05.07.2012
While some may disagree with this analysis, even a casual observer can see that the Romney campaign has put zero thought into their Hispanic outreach.
Posted 05.04.2012
President Barack Obama and Republican hopeful Mitt Romney haven't been talking much about education's toughest questions aside from recent attention o...
Mount Pleasant Patch | Heather Asiyanbi | Posted 05.04.2012
When it comes the Wisconsin recall elections, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan says it's really all about courage. "I think courage is on the ballot," he said i...
New York Magazine | Jonathan Chait | Posted 04.30.2012
The implosion of the Newt Gingrich presidential campaign--the first implosion, before the weird resurrection and inevitable second implosion--came bec...
Rev. Otis Moss III | Posted 04.30.2012
For most Americans, our recent tax day was about as welcomed as a trip to the dentist. But a cab driver working the double shift probably had more reason for discomfort than a hedge-fund manager on Wall Street.
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.27.2012
The House Budget Committee's latest draconian budget proposes even deeper cuts in the safety net while refusing to ask the rich and powerful to contribute their fair share. Indeed, it would give them more tax breaks at the expense of poor struggling families desperately trying to get back on their feet.
Brandon G. Withrow | Posted 04.26.2012
Much like the many portraits of Jesus over the centuries, we should never underestimate the ability of human beings to rewrite Jesus' words into their own ideologies.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 04.26.2012
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) defended his budget on Thursday from criticisms that it is inconsistent with Catholic social principles. Speakin...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 04.24.2012
WASHINGTON — Republicans controlling the House are opting for the politically safe route as they follow up their tightfisted, tea party-driven b...
Posted 04.24.2012
UPDATE: 4/24, 4:00pm: Rep. Paul Ryan's spokesman, Kevin Seifert, sent this email in response to an inquiry about the Georgetown Faculty Letter from Th...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.20.2012
WASHINGTON -- Republicans have pounced on a Congressional Budget Office report Friday that says President Barack Obama's budget would add to deficits ...
Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 04.19.2012
We should let our moral compass guide us as America decides how its tax dollars are spent. The Republicans and President Obama are offering two different visions of prosperity. The question is, "Prosperity for whom?"
Alan Grayson | Posted 05.29.2012