Ruth Marcus / TruthdigFeb 18, 2011
Procrastination is rarely a cost-free strategy. That is true when it comes to fixing Social Security -- as much as the Obama administration and, even more forcefully, its allies on the left may wish to believe otherwise. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Steve Fraser / TruthdigDec 11, 2010
Three moments -- 1911, 1964, now -- coming together compelled me to think about when and why people resist power, why they acquiesce, and why, sometimes, they may believe they are resisting when they are in truth acquiescing.
If it is so self-evident that the Triangle Army was compelled to say “enough is enough” back then and act on that resolve, what has happened now? Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigDec 7, 2010
Based on what The New York Times describes as President Obama's "substantial concessions to Republicans," Democrats in Congress have reason to fret Not only did Obama agree to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, but he caved in to Republican demands to neuter the estate tax (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigNov 22, 2010
The proposal put forth by the deficit commission's chairmen is a deeply conservative document, but if Republicans are as concerned as they say, they should debate the plan -- and deficit-increasing tax cuts -- in Congress. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 11, 2010
On Wednesday, a special task force assembled by the Obama administration to deal with the ever-burgeoning US deficit, aka the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, made some controversial recommendations (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 8, 2010
In a “how in the world can this happen” moment, federal employees have been put on alert after it was discovered that a worker at the General Services Administration sent the names and Social Security numbers of the agency's entire staff to a private e-mail address, exposing 12,000 people to the threat of identity theft. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 8, 2010
Of the 52 million people who received $250 stimulus checks last year, 72,000 were dead. While the loss of much of that $18 million is unfortunate, and we are sure to hear all about it in various campaigns, the waste adds up to a tiny sliver of a fraction of the nearly $800 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 30, 2010
According to the very busy and seemingly ubiquitous attorney Gloria Allred, California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has run afoul of her own public stance on the immigration issue by virtue of having allegedly hired an undocumented worker to help in her home for nearly a decade. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 7, 2010
Today on the list: How human beings could have made the universe, the movement to move Tony Blair's memoirs to the crime section, the Social Security con and the Bollywood movie about Jesus. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 16, 2010
New York Times econo-whiz Paul Krugman marked the 75th anniversary of America's Social Security program with a warning note on Sunday, declaring that Social Security is under siege from "nearly all Republicans" as well as "some Democrats." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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