Editors' Blog

Economists respond to deficit commission report

From the Economic Policy Insittute:

Deficit commission proposals out today – send 'em back (mostly)

In order to get "blue dog" support in Congress, i.e. enough votes to ensure passage, for some of his programs President Obama promised to create a deficit commission to address concerns about the federal budget, the debt and the deficit.

Demands for the "lame duck" Congress

1. Do not extend the Bush/Republican tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.

John Birchers should learn to read (or at least listen)

My seven year-old is a good reader.

Irony and Hate Mail From Your Local Tea Party

In response to a recent blog post here (The Role of Hate in the 2010 Elections), here at PA we've gotten an interesting batch of what can only be described as hate mail – from both left and right.

Elections and the environment

When Republican Party leaders defended BP from public demands that it pay for its oil spill and be held accountable for the massive damage it caused in the Gulf of Mexico, they showed their loyalty to their biggest corporate backers: Big Oil.

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