Weekly Audit: Why Do Deficit Hawks Hate Social Security?

By: Tuesday August 31, 2010 8:27 am

Last week, Social Security advocates learned something they had long suspected. Arguments for cutting Social Security aren’t really about economics or the deficit. They’re all about waging war on social services.

Matt Taibbi on Obama’s Rubin Sandwich

By: Friday December 11, 2009 12:57 pm

In “Obama’s Big Sellout”, Matt Taibbi argues that President Obama has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway.

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