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$300 billion in tax cuts doesn't necessarily limit public investment, if we can cure trillion-dollar-phobia.... more »

Our current economic meltdown may finally have ended the era that began when Ronald Reagan became President. Now a new study — from the Congressional Budget Office — helps us understand the inequality that has us melting.... more »

Mark Steitz, an irrepressible Washington wit, described the potential threat posed by Osama bin Laden's new arsenal: "If bin Laden were smart, he'd buy ad time and place simple ads on radio and TV stations: 'Remember Americans, Your mortgage is a non recourse loan. You can walk away.' Now that would be explosive." As always, Steitz has a point. This time, a truly terrifying point.... more »

The news that the Republican National Committee plans to build a new in-house think tank to develop fresh ideas that will be “consistent with the Republican ideals of sound governance” seems a bit like Bernard Madoff announcing that he will be opening a new investment fund. At this point, the public knows that pretty much anything emanating from a conservative think tank can cause enormous damage. ... more »

After following this year's economic news, it's as though someone pulled back a curtain and revealed our economy to be little more than a floating game of craps.... more »

From sea to shining sea, America is suffering with an avoidable condition she brought on herself, like a hangover. She did it by choosing over the past 30 years to establish an economy that worshiped avarice. That decision has destroyed her financial system and taken down with it much of the world's. Now America must decide whether to continue basing her economy on the destructive policies of deregulation, de-unionization, globalization and privatization or to construct a new financial system focused on industry and profit shared by the workers who produce it.... more »

There are defining moments in politics. Republicans have defined themselves. They are not free market conservatives, for they were willing to do the bailout. They don’t object to nationalizing the banks or micromanaging the auto industry on the fly. They are class warriors, willing to risk a worse global economic calamity in order to break a union, to force workers into bankruptcy. Herbert Hoover time. Happy Holidays, too.... more »

Welcome to the new "post-partisan" world, in the silly season on political punditry. Turns out the center has triumphed once again. But that, of course, depends on what you mean by center. ... more »