Category: Economy
Henry Waxman Returns to Jack Abramoff
by WS Editors | Jul 1, 2008 | Economy, PoliticsFOUR YEARS AGO A LOBBYIST for one of the Indian tribes Jack Abramoff defrauded of almost $100 million told me that Abramoff bragged about regular meetings with President Bush’s senior adviser Karl Rove—often held outside of the White House to avoid creating a paper trail. The White House didn’t respond to questions about Rove’s relationship […]
McCain’s Gramm Problem | Goodbye to All Those Pastors
by WS Editors | Jun 15, 2008 | Economy, PoliticsDeath and Taxes—UBS stock has fallen from $52 a share, to $23 a share, over the past six months. And now UBS executive Phil Gramm’s political stock is also tanking. Gramm has been doing much of the economic thinking for John McCain, after stepping in and reorganizing the McCain campaign when it appeared to be […]
Phil Gramm is John McCain’s Economic Brain
by WS Editors | Apr 15, 2008 | Economy, PoliticsWONDERING ABOUT THE BESPECTACLED OLD WHITE GUY on the campaign plane with Senator John McCain? Former Texas senator Phil Gramm is McCain’s economic brain, doing much of the policy thinking in regard to that subject for the Republican presidential nominee, who admits that finance and the economy are weaknesses he needs to master. If most […]
It’s Time to Build a New Corporate Democracy
by Ian Williams | Mar 15, 2008 | Economy, PoliticsEditor’s note: Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, got his “say-on-pay” bill through the House last year by a 269-134 vote. A companion bill in the Senate, filed by Barack Obama, has been blocked by Republicans. President Bush threatens to veto the bill, if it does get through the Senate, […]
Putting Fairness Back into America’s Tax System
by WS Editors | Apr 15, 2007 | Economy, PoliticsDemocrats in Congress have convened a series of hearings on tax policy that could lead to long-overdue changes. With this forum and the energy generated by the 2008 presidential campaigns, they have the opportunity to reverse the Bush administration’s tax cuts for the rich, rejecting the notion of making them permanent, as well as to […]
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety