Robert Reich on This Week today: But going into the midterms, I think a lot of Republicans would...
Category - Economy
The Japan Myth
The far-right's latest argument is that recovery spending failed in Japan during the 1990s. Of...
Drill, Baby, Whatever
Remember when the Republicans were demanding off-shore drilling to reduce gas prices last Summer...
Krugman's Jobs Number
I've been quoting Jed Lewison's calculation of 1 to 2.5 million fewer jobs created with the...
You Stay Classy, Senator
Senator McCaskill's Twitter via Atrios: Proud we cut over 100 billion out of recov bill.Many Ds...
The Cost of a Republican Vote
If the centrist cuts to the recovery bill equal the elimination of upwards of 2.5 million new jobs...
Consistent!
Many of the Republicans bitching about the size of the recovery bill had no problem supporting...
Operation Zero Cred: For the Record
U.S. Taxpayer Money Spent in Iraq: • $800 billion (That's $12 billion per month in 2008) Missing...
Thanks, Moderates!
The Nelson-Collins "centrist" cuts to the recovery bill mean 1 million to 2.5 million fewer jobs...
$780 Billion?
Here's the latest. About $150 billion was trimmed from the recovery bill, and Harry Reid is...
Wasteful Spending, Indeed
I wonder if any of the congressional Republicans will stand up and crab about this: The Bush...
Job Losses
The blue line = 1990 The red line = 2001 The green line = Now Over the last 13 months, our economy...
Good Lord, They're Doing It Again
They're lying and distorting another CBO report. Drudge is currently pushing a Washington Times...
The Blue Dogs Are Killing This
Greg Sargeant has the latest roster of programs that are being inexplicably hacked out of the...
Gloves Off
Stunning display of hackery from Romulan Charles Krauthammer: So much for the president who in his...
Blue Dogs Aren’t Very Smart
Oh brother. In the House, meantime, leaders of the fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog...
Operation Zero Cred: Calling the Leadership
Majority Leader Harry Reid (202) 224-3542 Majority Whip Dick Durbin (202) 224-2152 Speaker of the...
Operation Zero Cred
My God on a stick. The degree of panic and cries of OH NOES! all around the tubes are becoming...
Scorpions!
According to a new Rasmussen poll, Americans are turning against the recovery bill. 43 percent...
Less Insanely Rich
At last: The Obama administration is expected to impose a cap of $500,000 for top executives at...