No Tax Rebate's Going to Fix This Mess
By Dave LindorffWhen you hear a number like $100 billion (the amount Bush is proposing to give back to people in the form of tax rebates, at about $800 per adult family member) or $145 billion (that...
View ArticleHang On to Your Wallet! The Government is About to Rescue Us
by Dave Lindorff When the financial markets started coming undone earlier this week, the Treasury Secretary and the Federal Reserve stepped in, and with $85 billion of our money (actually our...
View ArticleWhat Nobody's Saying: The Bailout Will Kill the Dollar
By Dave Lindorff What nobody in the corporate media is mentioning amid all the blather about the $700-billion Paulson bailout proposal is the impact it will have on the US dollar. We are told that this...
View ArticleThe Power of "No"!
By Dave Lindorff The Congressional switchboard is jammed. You can get through, but it takes a dedicated finger on the redial button of your phone. Operators at the Capitol say it's been that way for a...
View ArticleTakin' It to City Halls and Statehouses, Not Just to the DC Streets
By Dave Lindorff One impact of this deepening recession which is largely hidden because it is spread out and distributed across the land is a wave of budget crises swamping nearly every state...
View ArticleIt's April 15: Time to Pay for War, Killing and Oppression Once Again
By Dave Lindorff As you’re mailing out that tax return again this year, it’s time to remember once again how much of your hard-earned bucks are being devoted to destruction, imperialist domination,...
View ArticleObama, Like Clinton Before Him, is Blowing the Chance for Real Health Care...
By Dave Lindorff If you want to fix the disaster that is called the American healthcare system, the first thing to do is to clearly point out what its major failings are, and there are two of these....
View ArticleThe Simple Answer to America’s Health Care Crisis: Medicare for All
By Dave Lindorff When it comes to reforming America’s disastrous health care“system,” there are two issues that need to be considered: access and cost. The so-called reform proposals being offered by...
View Article'My Fellow Americans...': The Speech President Obama Should Give to Congress...
As imagined by Dave Lindorff My Fellow Americans. I stand before you a chastened president. I made a mistake. Two mistakes really. (wild applause from Republican side) I thought that Congress could do...
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