Call It What It Is: A Class War

David Sirota / Truthdig Mar 23, 2013 The Republican budget endorses an economic war waged by the upper class against everyone else. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Krugman: Political Elites, News Media Learned Nothing From Iraq War

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 18, 2013 The New York Times columnist argues that the political elites and pundits who perpetuated the Bush administration's disinformation and calls for war seem to have learned nothing from that experience. Case in point: the deficit obsession. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Debt Is the Problem

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 15, 2013 It's not the kind created by government spending on social programs, however, economist Michael Hudson says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Contest Over the Real Economic Problem

Robert Reich / Truthdig Mar 14, 2013 The biggest problems we face are unemployment, stagnant wages, slow growth and widening inequality -- not deficits. The major goal must be to get jobs and wages back, not balance the budget. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Off With Her Deficit

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Mar 14, 2013 Dig deeper

Budget Wars: A Case for Hope

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 7, 2013 There are, believe it or not, grounds for hoping that the sequester, stupid as it is, might open the way to ending our nation's budget stalemate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hostage

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Mar 1, 2013 Dig deeper

While Republicans Warn Against ‘Greece,’ That Is Exactly Where Austerity Budgeting Will Lead U.S.

Joe Conason / Truthdig Mar 1, 2013 Indebted America is in danger of turning into destitute Greece, or so congressional Republicans and conservative commentators have been warning us for years now. For many reasons, this is an absurd comparison -- but it may not always be quite so ridiculous if Washington's advocates of austerity get their way. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ending the Permanent Crisis

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Mar 1, 2013 Ever since they took control of the House of Representatives in 2011, Republicans have made journeys to the fiscal brink as commonplace as summertime visits to the beach or the ballpark. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Republicans Block Hagel, Stewart Ridicules Rubio, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 15, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including the retirement announcement of a longtime U.S. senator and a tea party group comes under fire after details of a Hillary Clinton "sex tape" emerge. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Biggest Republican Lie

Robert Reich / Truthdig Feb 14, 2013 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says that chamber's Republicans will unanimously support a balanced-budget amendment, to be unveiled Wednesday as the core of the GOP’s fiscal agenda.There’s no chance of passage so why are Republicans pushing it now? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Why We Need an Investment Budget

Robert Reich / Truthdig Feb 13, 2013 Part of the president’s State of the Union message and a portion of his second term agenda apparently will focus on public investments in education, infrastructure and basic R&D. That’s good news. But how do we fund these investments when discretionary spending is being cut to the bone in order to reduce the budget deficit? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )