The only response anyone should ever give to the question: ‘How do we pay for it?’

September 16, 2019 at 9:27 am

One of the ways that corporate media spins against popular programs is by focusing on costs. We saw this on display in the Democratic debates with questions like this one from Savannah Guthrie:  Vice President Biden, thank you. Senator Harris … There’s is a lot of talk in this primary about new government benefits, […]

No Oversight, Chaos, and Breathtaking Sums of Money

February 15, 2009 at 10:48 am

“You had no oversight, chaos and breathtaking sums of money. And over all of that was the notion that failure was O.K. It doesn’t get any better for criminals than that set of circumstances.” – Senator Claire McCaskill describing the operation to rebuild Iraq. I was glad to see the […]