Elizabeth Warren and other Democratic candidates for US Senate from Massachusetts had their first public debate last night. The embedded video from the Boston Herald is about an hour and a half…it is not working at present so is below the fold for when it resumes working. The link is here.
What do people think so far of the OccupyWallSt./Boston/DC/Chicago etc. movement as it has developed?
Since the thread from Dale Coberly’s post on Social Security for the Young has over 120 comments, and many are not short but could be essays by themselves, I am starting a companion thread for the conversation to contine.
by Beverly Mann The Plot Sickens – The Heart of the ACA Litigation Moves to the Supreme Court. Maybe. Last week’s big political news concerning the PPACA (a.k.a. “Obamacare”) litigation was the administration’s decision to forego the option of asking the full membership of the Atlanta-based Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the appellate for several […]
by Dale Coberly Social Security For The Young Intelligence Squared U.S. (corrected link: http://intelligencesquaredus.org/) is sponsoring an Oxford-style debate Tuesday evening in Manhattan. The program is entitled “Grandma’s Benefits Imperil Junior’s Future” The resolution: “Commitments made to seniors decades ago failed to foresee the harsh economic realities of the present. Do entitlements saddle our children […]
By Jeff McCord is a former US Senate staffer, Securities Investor Protection Corp (SIPC) executive and has been a free-lance journalist for Dow Jones publications. His academic background in economics includes post-graduate work at the London School of Economics and George Washington University. FREQUENTLY MALIGNED CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS ACTUALLY DETER FINANCIAL WRONGDOING, STUDY FINDS Though […]
by Linda Beale Repatriation Holiday Lobbying–Money Speaks… We’ve discussed repatriation before–the tax break being pushed by multinationals who want to bring some of their offshore profits home without paying taxes, as they did in the 2004 “one time only” repatriation break. The reason they have so much money offshore is that they use gimmicks–such as […]
White House Launches “We the People” Platform on Website On Sept. 22, the White House launched the “We the People” platform on its website. The platform is designed to encourage ideas from citizens, and if a petition on the site is signed by 5,000 people or more, the White House promises to lift it up […]
by Mike Kimel I had a few posts noting that not long ago, I took a severance package from my most recent employer. Put another way, I’m now unemployed. Since then I’ve been looking for a new job. However, in recent weeks I’ve started taking consulting work, and I’m starting to lean more toward consulting. […]
By Rebecca Wilder This ‘Competitiveness’ Thing Is a Scam What is ‘competitiveness’? It’s an important part of the euro area leaders’ negotiated terms in the July 21st Summit announcement by the European Heads of State. The first paragraph, #4, and #11 of the announcement all refer to this issue of ‘competitiveness’: We also reaffirm our […]