Most folks have neither the inclination or need to follow the vagaries of the American economy and, especially, investments and equity growth or loss. But, one of the strongest dissenting voices on the conservative side of the spectrum that gleams around that arcane body, the Federal Reserve Bank, is Richard Fisher. As a leading voice [...]

“At the level of taxes we’ve been at the last couple decades and the magnitude of the changes we’ve had, it’s hard to make the argument that tax rates have a big effect on economic growth,” ~Donald Marron, Director – Tax Policy Center  It is important that we understand a few basic facts.  Cutting taxes [...]

Republicans HATE regulating banks.  After the economy suffered an implosion which the banking industry was responsible for … it is as if the Republican party has willful ignorance and amnesia regarding how the American economy nearly did a rerun circa 1929 Great Depression style.  Changes were needed to put the banking sector back on track. [...]

  All too often one hears something along the lines of “It may not be perfect, but it’s the only system that works in reality.” or something of the like, as justification for a system that demands war, poverty, exploitation, and ultimately a worker’s life and labours – in short, Capitalism.  From both sides of the [...]

The Obama campaign came out with a video attacking the idea that we’re not better off today than we were 4 years ago. As I’ve shared HERE – exactly four years ago … here is what the country was talking about: Washington Post on 9/17/2008: “Wall Street’s business model has collapsed.“ Bloomberg on 10/13/2008: “Subprime [...]

Mitt Romney comes out with another ad that is of course incredibly dishonest.  Here is what you need to know about manufacturing in America: Now – Romney wants to include the hundreds of thousands of jobs lost from the Bush economic crisis and blame that on President Obama.  They have decided to use January 2009 [...]

Think this only showed on US television? Unfortunately, American practices versus American PR campaigns over the years make the difference. We haven’t especially worked at defending anyone from dictatorship since World War 2 – especially when the dictator or monarch replacing early attempts at democracy postwar have been enabled with US connivance. The whole world [...]

These guys.  These f–ing guys.  Fox News is the most dishonest “news” outlet that exists in the entire world.  They are a 24-7 hour propaganda channel being run by one of Richard “I’m not a crook” Nixon’s former advisers; the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.  This 2 minutes on air is a perfect [...]

Yes – Republicans have been trying to sabotage the economy since even before Obama was sworn into office (more HERE).  The party that likes to claim the mantel of patriotism has shown itself via its own actions to be anything but patriotic over these past 3 years.  It isn’t as if they’re negotiating in good [...]

“I like to think of it as a $400 million Manhattan Project tucked inside the $800 billion stimulus.” ~Michael Grunwald, author of The New New Deal  We need to ask ourself about the role of government in helping to solve the problems of the country.  In this case – the Department of Energy has a [...]