End ‘Tinkle Down’ Economics End ‘Tinkle Down’ Economics
If we want to cut the deficit, why don't we consider taxing investments like ordinary income?
Apr 18, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Winter Soldiers Outshine Sunshine Patriots as Palin’s Madison Rally Is Overwhelmed by Protest Crowd Winter Soldiers Outshine Sunshine Patriots as Palin’s Madison Rally Is Overwhelmed by Protest Crowd
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin jetted into Wisconsin to cheer up backers of Governor Scott Walker. But her tepid crowd of Tea Partisans was overwhelmed by masses of cowbel...
Apr 17, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Paul Ryan’s Authoritarian Freakout: Losing Control of Budget Vote, Congressman Screeches ‘Shut it Down’ Paul Ryan’s Authoritarian Freakout: Losing Control of Budget Vote, Congressman Screeches ‘Shut it Down’
What would Ryan's purported heroine, Ayn Rand, make of his big-government control freakery?
Apr 16, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
The Breakdown: How Does US Campaign Finance Stack Up Against the Rest of the World? The Breakdown: How Does US Campaign Finance Stack Up Against the Rest of the World?
Are other countries as vulnerable to the effects of money and private interests in politics as we are in the United States?
Apr 15, 2011 / Audio / Chris Hayes
This Week: GOP’s Reverse Robin Hood Agenda. PLUS: 7 Corporate Tax Evaders This Week: GOP’s Reverse Robin Hood Agenda. PLUS: 7 Corporate Tax Evaders
This week at The Nation, as the budget compromise heads to the President Obama's desk, we ask 'Whose Shared Sacrifice?' Also this week, a slideshow of seven corporate tax evad...
Apr 15, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Most House Democrats Reject Obama’s Austerity Budget Deal With GOP Most House Democrats Reject Obama’s Austerity Budget Deal With GOP
Agreement is approved by House and Senate, but Democratic opposition in the House is striking. In the Senate, Bernie Sanders votes no and says “this budget moves America in e...
Apr 15, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Obama Gets ‘F’ for Defense Cuts Obama Gets ‘F’ for Defense Cuts
Proposing a mere $400 billion in defense cuts over the next decade or so just doesn’t cut it.
Apr 15, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Tangled Up in Unbelievable Foolishness Tangled Up in Unbelievable Foolishness
Eric Alterman reviews jazz, including Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton, the Jazz Foundation benefit, and Reed Richardson discusses the ethics of Obama's budget speech.
Apr 15, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Time for Obama to Join the Fight Time for Obama to Join the Fight
Obama’s punching below his weight class again. That was Gary Younge’s metaphor, a boxing analogy that makes more sense if you consider the weight a politician carri...
Apr 14, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Greetings From Fitzwalkerstan: Governor Tells Congress Busting Unions is ‘Progressive’ Greetings From Fitzwalkerstan: Governor Tells Congress Busting Unions is ‘Progressive’
Governor Scott Walker appeared before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and claimed that his assault on public employees and public-school teachers, publi...
Apr 14, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols