Protest The Fiscal Simmit


Richard Eskow's picture

Bill Clinton, Boehner, and Some Other Rich White Guys Had a "Summit" and Agreed: It's Your Fault

Today a bunch of rich white guys held a "Fiscal Summit" and agreed that:

1. Despite the fact that unemployment is causing untold suffering for millions of people, it's not very important.
2. Despite the fact that wage stagnation is destroying the middle class, that's not important either. more »


Isaiah J. Poole's picture

Fiscal Summit: Boehner, Ryan Show Peterson Summit's True Colors

Multibillonaire Peter G. Peterson's Fiscal Summit may have started with conciliatory nods toward bipartisanship, but it did not climax that way. And that had to have been by design. more »


Roger Hickey's picture

Protest The Fiscal Summit: Why We Reject The Austerity Agenda

The following was drafted for delivery at the Protest The Fiscal Summit demonstration outside the Peter G. Peterson Fiscal Summit in Washington on May 15.

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Isaiah J. Poole's picture

Fiscal Summit: Smooth Words, Deadly Agenda

The Peter G. Peterson Fiscal Summit started today with the dulcet tones of its billionaire conservative patron, Peter G. Peterson, and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner singing in harmony. It was a melody fraught with danger. more »


Roger Hickey's picture

Show Peter Peterson We Reject His Elite Austerity Consensus

On Tuesday, May 15, one of America's wealthiest men, Peter G. Peterson, will use his foundation's money to lecture the rest of us about why the federal deficit is the most serious problem facing our country. more »


Richard Eskow's picture

Will Democrats Embrace "Austerity American Style"? Crash This Party and Find Out

Heard about the meeting that's being held to decide your economic future? If the answer's "no," don't feel bad: That's because you weren't invited. But Tim Geithner was. So was Rep. more »