You know what the bailout feels like? Walking down the street, and pressing a crumpled bill into the outstretched palm of the guy who approached you... Only multiplied by 700 billion.
Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.10.2008 | Living
We cannot meet a better life, a more sound financial future, without facing the fact that sooner or later we have to face the habit of living beyond our means.
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business
We need to bury the philosophy that worships only business, free markets, deregulation and free trade, and replace it with an economic program that rebuilds the middle class.
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics
McCain and Palin are running around the country pretending the GOP ticket represents the best interests of the working class and small business owners. It's all false rhetoric and no real action.
Norman Solomon | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media
Recent events should not be allowed to obscure the reality that the news media played a pivotal role in stampeding the country into a bailout that was unwise and unjust.
David Paul | Posted 10.11.2008 | Business
The problem seems straightforward. After the AIG collapse, how does one institution trust its exposure to another?
Alan Fein | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business
A wise Democrat I know argues that a 21st Century WPA-type program is not only good policy; it's also good politics: "Bailing out financial markets is playing defense. I want to play offense."
Steve Parker | Posted 10.08.2008 | Business
The number of people late on their monthly car and truck payments is huge, represented by nearly $25 billion worth of consumer auto loans that are delinquent.
Bill Maher | Posted 10.07.2008 | Business
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 10.07.2008 | Business
Despite the bailout, the European and Asian markets are in what the Financial Times describes as a "global sell-off" but which less conservative media are describing as a "bailout panic."
MSNBC | Michael Inbar | Posted 10.06.2008 | Business
Bullish investors should turn into shrinking violets as the stock market continues its shocking downward spiral, CNBC's "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer to...
John Marshall | Posted 10.06.2008 | Living
Suze Orman is warning that if Americans are not careful, they will end up with no savings, no credit, no car, no house, no mortgage, etc. In other words, Americans are in danger of living the way I've been living for the past 25 years.
Bob Barr | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics
There is much more to be done to clean up the economic mess flowing from the housing market crash, but the ill-considered federal bailout is likely to slow the process.
Andy Stern | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics
Let's face it: the Bailout Bill doesn't get to the heart of what's wrong with our economy. Neither you, nor I, nor many of those who voted for it believe that this bill will solve the pressing issues American families face.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics
Look, I'm just going to level with you. I have not got no explanation for what could possibly be going on in this clip of John McCain on today's Morn...
Agit-Pop | Posted 10.01.2008 | Media
Instead of the handing those who created the Sub Prime Pyramid Scheme a TRILLION of our dollars, we demand a NEW New Deal that invests in the country that our children will inherit.
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick and Nicholas Graham | Posted 10.01.2008 | Business
***UPDATE*** 12:41AM 10/2 Bipartisanship: The Senate's bailout vote margin stood in stark contrast to the House's: In stark contrast to the House re...
Jane Smiley | Posted 10.01.2008 | Business
If there's going to be a bailout, bailout from the bottom and let the benefits trickle upward. The ruling class can't imagine how things would work for them if we did that.
Howard A. Rodman | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics
If we don't use this crisis as an opportunity, the pigs at the trough certainly will -- as they did after 9/11, and as Paulson and his gravediggers have been doing for the past few weeks.
The New York Times | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics
It's 3 a.m., a few months into 2009, and the phone in the White House rings. Several big hedge funds are about to fail, says the voice on the line, an...
Aaron Harber | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics
Unless you believe Washington politicians are financially more astute than the traders on Wall Street, it's easy to see who is getting conned and who is doing the conning.
Sheila Tendy | Posted 09.27.2008 | Business
Since the stress level is running high for everyone in Washington and a clear strategy has not yet been formulated, here are some talking points to consider in the bailout negotiations.
Matt Miller | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics
Now that we've socialized large chunks of the mortgage, banking and insurance industries, universal health coverage is among the most conservative initiatives left for America to pursue.
Huff Radio | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics
This week, Matt, Bob, and Arianna discuss what the bail out plan includes and what it's missing (homeowner bail outs, according to Bob), while Tony isn't so sure a bail out is a productive solution.
Mary Ellen McNish | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics
The turmoil on Wall Street is not just a financial challenge but a moral one. As a Quaker, I believe that principles leading to greater economic justice and equality should guide our actions.
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Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.13.2008 | Business