Perp Walks, Not Bonuses Perp Walks, Not Bonuses
Don't reward the rogue financiers at AIG and Goldman Sachs who enriched themselves while impoverishing millions. Investigate them.
Mar 18, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Reagan’s Socialist Legacy Reagan’s Socialist Legacy
The consequences of the deregulatory frenzies that allowed Wall Street to run wild have now come home to roost. So why is the GOP blaming Obama?
Mar 11, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
AIG: Billions Dished Out in the Dark AIG: Billions Dished Out in the Dark
Taxpayers now own 80 percent of virtually worthless AIG--for us, this bailout is all pain and no gain.
Mar 4, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Obama’s Toughest Task Obama’s Toughest Task
Obama's address to Congress was a gift to a dispirited nation. Now the hard work begins to transform vision to reality--but how can we do it by waging another war?
Feb 25, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Good Money After Bad Good Money After Bad
Obama's stimulus bill is far too modest to arrest an economy in free fall. But if it were up to the GOP, which largely created the mess, we'd be doing nothing at all.
Feb 18, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
No Tough Love for Bankers No Tough Love for Bankers
If you still get those chatty e-mails from the Obama campaign, remind them that we voted for a community organizer from Chicago, not some hack carrying water for Wall Street.
Feb 11, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Wall Street in Washington Wall Street in Washington
Of the three tax-challenged Obama appointees, only Timothy Geithner has survived. Is that luck or is there still something special about being from Wall Street?
Feb 4, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Obama’s Better Bailout Obama’s Better Bailout
He's off to a good start, but it's up to ordinary people who are hurting in this economy, to make sure Obama bailout benefits them and not the power players.
Jan 28, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
A New Era of Accountability A New Era of Accountability
As Obama gets down to work, what assurances do we have that he will break with the past--on an unfair and opaque bailout and the war in Afghanistan?
Jan 21, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Why the Rush on TARP 2? Why the Rush on TARP 2?
Why rush to throw another $350 billion of taxpayer money at the Wall Street bandits and their political cronies who created the biggest financial mess since the Great Depression?
Jan 14, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer