The Economy

Voodoo Economics: The Final Report Card On Bush’s Epic Failure

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
By Mike Burns
Voodoo Economics: The Final Report Card On Bush’s Epic Failure

The annual Census Bureau report on income, poverty and access to health care came out late last week and it brought only more bad news for the Bush legacy project. In every single measurable statistic, the numbers were worse after eight years of George W. Bush then at the end of the Clinton Presidency.... »

Socialism isn’t Scary Anymore

Wednesday, August 5, 2009
By Mike Burns
Socialism isn’t Scary Anymore

For years, the right wing has been successful in labeling the left as socialist. From their ideological pure perspective, this seems perfectly natural. If you believe that capitalism and free markets will solve all problems and that “Government is the problem”, then anything that limits capitalism or expands government must be socialism and that,... »