Editors' Blog
Thoughts on moving forward from the "Budget Control Act"
It's clear that Republicans intend to use the Super Committee process to go after Social Security and Medicare.
Why does the working class have to pay for Wall Street's crisis?
The international financial crisis of several years ago cost finance capital trillions of dollars, even though the US bailed them out with 15 to 20 trillion dollars (the same US that allegedly owes a big chunk of its national debt to the banksters it bailed out; shouldn't we have gotten a forgiveness of the "debt" we "owe" them ?) Even with the bailout there was a big loss to finance capital.
House Republicans vote to kill consumer protections
House Republicans this week voted to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a new federal agency that would help protect consumers from the kinds of financial schemes that led to the collapse of the financial system in 2007 and 2008.
[Update] Broadly speaking: "Gang of Six" Plan slashes Social Security
So everybody loves the "gang of six" suddenly.
Hands off Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid
From Strengthen Social Security:
Hands off Social Security
Here's a statement from the AFL-CIO:
White House to Twitter town hall
The White House will host the first ever "Twitter town hall" Wednesday July 6th on the economy and the President's plan to create jobs.
GOP Agenda: End Medicare AND Social Security
This note from labor-affiliated Alliance for Retired Americans:
