Economic Justice
Economic Justice
U.S. Deficit Set to Top $1 Trillion Next Year
Aug 21, 2019 The return of trillion-dollar annual deficits comes despite Donald Trump's vow when running for office that he would pay down the national debt.
Donald Trump’s Meaner America
May 28, 2017 Licensed by the new president, Americans now say and do things to people they disagree with that previously were unthinkable. Take Greg Gianforte as an example.
Minimum Truth: The Hollow Argument Against Higher Wages
Feb 24, 2014 In the midst of a crucial political debate that plainly favored proponents of a higher minimum wage, the Congressional Budget Office dropped a bombshell headline last week.
Obamacare Job Killers
Feb 13, 2014 Meet the sociopaths out to destroy America's unwanted jobs.
Must the Obamacare Debate Be Stupid?
Feb 6, 2014 By broadening access to health insurance, the Affordable Care Act ends the tyranny of "job lock," which is what the much-misrepresented Congressional Budget Office study of the law released on Tuesday shows.
CBO: Obamacare Will Thin Full-Time Workforce by 2 Million
Feb 5, 2014 The Congressional Budget Office offered more fodder Tuesday for opponents of Obamacare to hate on the Affordable Care Act -- should they choose to spin the facts and figures.
Oct. 17: The Day the Money Runs Out
Sep 26, 2013 Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has written House Speaker John Boehner to warn that unless Congress raises the debt limit, the United States of America is going to start bouncing checks.
Budget Report Proves Krugman Right, Coulter Says ‘Screw You’ to Obama, and More
Feb 6, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including a Republican flip-flop on immigration reform and Chris Christie pokes fun at himself on "The Late Show with David Letterman."
Fiscal Cliff Deal Would Add Trillions to Deficit
Jan 2, 2013 Instead of deficit reduction, it appears the fiscal cliff deal that was passed in the Senate early Tuesday morning would only add to the federal government's budget problems.
Ryan’s Budget Figures Don’t Add Up
Aug 17, 2012 Certain media pundits' hearts are aflutter over how honest, intellectual and responsible GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan supposedly is. But not economics professor Bill Black, who shows that Ryan's "Tinker Bell" budget proposal uses numbers that have nothing to do with the economy to achieve fiscal balance in the next few decades.
