| Jan 2, 2012 | Economy / BusinessAs an old country saying puts it, “Money is like manure — it does no good unless you spread it around.” Yet America’s corporate and political leaders have intentionally been shoveling wealth into an ever-bigger pile for those at the top....
| Dec 19, 2011 | Economy / BusinessLike something out of a bad movie, the failed congressional supercommittee plotted to use “chained COLAs” to cut future Social Security benefits for America’s retired workers. No, chained COLA isn’t some kind of carbonated beverage gone bad....
| Dec 5, 2011 | Economy / BusinessDespite popular fascination with the rich and famous, most working people have little understanding of the finances of the wealthy. Take the competing tax proposals of the Republican presidential candidates. Going almost unremarked amid all the discussion of the...
| Nov 21, 2011 | Economy / BusinessSome lawmakers are trying to give America the cartoon image of a penniless hobo, circa 1932, with holes in his pants and nothing but a cold can of beans for dinner. We’re broke, they say, with no choice but to slash spending on public services. The truth is that...
| Nov 14, 2011 | Economy / BusinessIn their unbending opposition to raising a penny more in taxes from even the wealthiest Americans — even in the midst of a government debt crisis and shrinking public budgets — extremist politicians paint all rich people as self-made, entrepreneurial “job...
