Today’s Balance Sheet: Romney meets the 99 percent, and the 1 percent avoids paying taxes.Â
Jaime Fuller
Jaime Fuller is a former associate editor at The American Prospect. Follow @j_fuller
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Corporations Aren’t Job Creators
Today’s Balance Sheet: If corporations are people, Mitt Romney shouldn’t be friends with them if he wants to win the election on his economic record.Â
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Rape Is Rape
The Department of Justice updates its sexual-violence reporting requirements to include men and those unable to consent to sex because of intoxication.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What Happens in the One Percent, Stays in the One Percent
Today’s Balance Sheet: There are a lot of angry 99 percent voters up for grabs this election—if politicians take substantive action against inequality.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Bernanke’s Burn Book
Today’s Balance Sheet: The Federal Reserve is ready to spill all its secrets this January.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Still in the Woods
Today’s Balance Sheet: Yes, things are happening in the world outside of Iowa.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Economists Place Their Bets for 2012
Today’s Balance Sheet: People are moving, pundits are undecided, and women are heading back to school.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Going Cold Turkey on Debt Reduction For the Win
Today’s Balance Sheet: Let’s not make 2012 the year of debt talks.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Second Time’s the Charm?
Mitt Romney learned some lessons from his failed 2008 presidential bid.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Mr. Rockefeller Goes to Washington
Today’s Balance Sheet tackles optimistic economic news and legislators’ income-inspired out-of-touchness.
