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.
Weekly Audit: Why Do Deficit Hawks Hate Social Security? |
| By: TheMediaConsortium Tuesday August 31, 2010 8:27 am |
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Weekly Audit: Silencing Conservative Deficit Hawks |
| By: TheMediaConsortium Tuesday August 3, 2010 8:36 am |
The same conservatives who spent the past year senselessly screaming about the U.S. budget deficit are now demanding an extension of the Bush tax cuts for the rich. The extension simply doesn’t make sense, and the policies implied are a recipe for massive job loss in the middle of the worst employment crisis in 75 years.
Bipartisan Compromise = “The People Are About to Get Screwed” |
| By: montanamaven Friday July 10, 2009 8:26 am |
William Greider’s new book “Come Home America” defines our political system system as two parties colluding to screw the people. And Trudy Lieberman says that the media is helping once again to defeat health care reform by reporting on the sausage making and not the substance.
A Conversation With Naomi Klein And Bill Greider |
| By: Elliott Wednesday May 13, 2009 11:59 am |
Naomi Klein with William Greider
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