Archives for 2012

As the deadline nears for health insurance companies to return nearly $1.4 billion to consumers for wasting our money, the lobbyists have moved in to stop it. Two bills have surfaced in Congress to undermine our rebates, putting most of the money we deserve right back into insurance company pockets! We’re not going to let […]

Most Americans agree with the President’s "Buffett Rule" — the simple idea that millionaires shouldn’t pay lower taxes than middle-class families. But Republicans in Congress are attacking ANY tax increases on millionaires and corporate special interests. We need an economy that works for everyone and leaders who’ve got their priorities straight. Our national budget should […]

The following is the letter submitted to the Senate Banking Committee calling for a hearing looking at corporate governance solutions to Citizens United. It is a collaborative letter with signatories that includes Public Citizen’s Congress Watch & Coffee Party USA and many other organizations demanding disclosure and accountability to shareholders around corporate political spending. Many […]

While right-wing politicians and their media allies accuse the President of waging "war on religion," they’re directly undermining the values and priorities of religious groups by attacking the most vulnerable. Every day, religious groups like Catholic Charities, Habitat for Humanity, and the Salvation Army live out their faith by serving the most vulnerable families among […]

Right on cue, the right-wing media are echoing their political allies on the presidential campaign trail and in Congress — slamming the President’s new budget with the same predictable and dishonest attacks we’ve heard before. GOP STATE OF ALTERNATE REALITY: "Obama’s budget doesn’t solve our deficit — and it doesn’t cut spending enough."   REALITY: […]

Whitney Houston was a great singer. One can only hope that Jennifer Hudson and all these new stars following in Whitney’s trails do not succumb to the same demons that afflicted Whitney. Some of these stars do very well with the fame an notoriety while others just falter. That said, we must start realizing our […]