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What is with all of these Bank Commercials?

By Matt Schwartz No doubt that by now just about every news following American, has heard of the National Bank Transfer Day. At the crux of National Bank Transfer Day,…

Consumers vs. Bank of America debit card fees

Bank of America has announced plans to drop the very unpopular monthly $5 monthly debit card fees for account holders using their debit cards to make purchases. Consumer response to…

Unemployment remains 9.1% GOP job plans prove a failure

Washington, D.C. (Sept 2) – Once again, the monthly jobs report has been released by the Bureua of Labor Standards and simply reflects more of the same, no jobs growth.…

It’s the Free Trade, Stupid

One point that seems largely to have been missed in recent weeks, amid all the excitement over the Federal budget and the sovereign-debt crises in Europe, is how free trade…

S&P downgrade to U.S. credit rating a testament to failed Republican Party fiscal policies

Washington, D.C. (Aug 7) – Following the latest Republican stance against the working-class, Standard and Poor’s has downgraded the nations credit rating one notch to, AA+. Citing the Republican Party’s…

Rep. Giffords casts vote on Republican Debt Deal | Senate takes up bill at noon

Washington, D.C. (Aug 2) – During last evenings vote on the Republican favored debt ceiling deal, the House suddenly broke into applause not due to the travesty of a bill…

Speaker Boehner to introduce revised debt crisis bill this afternoon

Washington, D.C. (Jul 29) – In yet another attempt to push a bill to the Senate that has been deemed dead upon arrival, Speaker Boehner has succumbed to the TEA…

House Speaker Boehner gone limp on debt deal key debt vote postponed

Washington, D.C. (July 29) – As Speaker John Boehner scrambles to produce a deal to replace his failed plan to raise the debt ceiling, one thing is certain, the speaker’s power…

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