Financial Contagion and Other Ills

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2011 Governments on both sides of the Atlantic are making the same blind, stupid, ideological error: trying to rescue faltering economies with spending cuts. It doesn't work, as John Maynard Keynes explained decades ago. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

AARP Backpedals on Cuts in Social Security

Staff / Truthdig Jun 23, 2011 Spokespersons for the AARP are in damage control mode after The Wall Street Journal reported last week that the organization, which claims to lobby on behalf of older Americans, "is dropping its longstanding opposition to cutting Social Security benefits." (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Policy Bracket

Nate Beeler, Cagle Cartoons, The Washington Examiner Mar 19, 2011 Dig deeper

When Cuts Don’t Cut It

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Mar 4, 2011 After slamming Democrats for not focusing on "jobs, jobs, jobs," Republicans have decided to ignore their own winning message in favor of "cuts, cuts, cuts." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Do They Hate Social Security?

Joe Conason / Truthdig Feb 17, 2011 Among the mysteries of modern politics in America is why so many of our leading pundits and politicians persistently seek to undermine Social Security, that enduring and successful emblem of active government. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Budget Cuts

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Feb 17, 2011 Dig deeper

Discretion Advised

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Jan 24, 2011 Discretionary spending, the part of the federal budget that is not on autopilot and is subject to annual appropriations, generally constitutes less than 40 percent of federal spending. Take out defense spending and that share drops to well under 20 percent. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wolf Blitzer’s Panic Room

Staff / Truthdig Aug 12, 2010 "The Situation Room" is a familiar venue for the kind of hysteria and nonsense that has become the hallmark of television news, so it comes as no surprise that host Wolf Blitzer and a cohort of CNN's loudest Chicken Littles have declared Social Security at "the final tipping point" and "broke" despite $25 trillion in reserves and a bright future. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In a Wing-Nut World, Granny’s Toast

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Aug 6, 2009 The screwball industry has ratcheted up from accusing Obama of killing his grandma to accusing him of trying to kill your grandma. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )