Posts Tagged ‘deficit hawks’

Cat-Food Commission, Deficits, etc.

(1) The Cat-Food Commission–Oops!–I Mean the Deficit Commission: Two new articles posted to the D&S website just now:  Deficits: Real Issue, Phony Debates, by Rick Wolff (from the Nov/Dec issue), and The Deficit Commission and Redistribution, by Darwin BondGraham (web-only).  Check them out!  Joshua Holland also has a great article on deficits over at Alternet:  Why ...Read more.

Arizona Injunction; Baker on CBO and SS

(1) Possibly Irrelevant Image for today: (2) Judge Blocks Az. Law S.B. 1070. Breaking news–U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton blocked key parts of Arizona’s restrictive and invasive immigration law, which was to go into effect in a couple of days. Here’s what the New York Times has to say: In a ruling on a ...Read more.

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