Right-wingers frenzied to save tax cuts for rich
Several House and Senate Republicans are complaining that GOP Minority Leader John Boehner fell for a trap laid by President Obama when he said last weekend that, given no other option, he would vote for extending middle class tax cuts even if it meant allowing the Bush tax cuts for the rich to expire.
Boehner blinks on Bush tax cuts for the rich
House Minority Leader John Boehner says he'll vote for Obama's tax plan.
Demands to fire Simpson increase despite apology
Alan Simpson's public apology has not stopped a groundswell of calls for his firing.
Social Security’s 75th birthday spurs “Hands off” campaign
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The hot summer is heating up even more as the fight to preserve and extend Social Security becomes a front-burner issue in the 2010 elections.
On this Rubin, Trumka agree: Restore the estate tax
Both capitalists and workers might agree on one thing: it's time to restore the estate tax.
Texas poor say “No more!”
DALLAS -- Local activists with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Dallas Peace Center and others called a "Poor People's Rally" outside City Hall here, June 23.
America Speaks back: Derailing the drive to cut Social Security and Medicare
Next weekend will feature another milestone in the drive to cut Social Security and Medicare. The organization America Speaks will be hosting a series of 20 meetings in cities across the country. They will ask the people at these meetings, a cross section of the nation, to come up with proposals for dealing with the country's projected long-term budget deficit.
Senate defeats deficit commission
Labor and progressive groups scored a victory yesterday with the defeat of the undemocratic deficit commission in the Senate.
New York state budget: the money is there, if you look for it
Yesterday, Gov. David Paterson made a speech before an extraordinary joint session of the State Senate and Assembly, pushing the legislative bodies to accept his plan to alleviate the state's more than $3.2 billion deficit for this fiscal year (of which, four and a half months are remaining). Included in his plans are about $1.3 billion in cuts to schools, health care and municipal governments.
The federal deficit: The bar tab will have to be paid
The Congressional Budget Office announcement of a nearly $10 trillion price tag on government borrowing for the next decade has sent a shiver down the spine of the most committed liberals.
