They’ve got the right target, that’s for sure. And their protest is a healthy sign that people are finally rising up.read more

“We need a shift in priorities in this country to ask not what America can do for Wall Street, but ask what Wall Street can do for America,” said Sen. Tom Harkin.read more

Is there anyone out there other than Ralph Nader, Dennis Kucinich, and Bernie Sanders who wonders about the conflict of interest that Henry Paulson has been displaying lately?read more

If there’s any silver lining in the current financial mess, it is that the U.S. model of unfettered free markets is now globally discredited.read more

With Wall Street prostrate and coming cup in hand, you’d think that Bush and Congress would exercise some leverage and good sense so this won’t happen again. But no.read more

Let the government, at least on a temporary basis, become the savings and loan officer, with the power to renegotiate the mortgage downward and adjust the payments and interest rates downward, as well.read more

Here’s who he shouldn’t rely on: Paul Volcker, Robert Rubin, and Lawrence Summers.read more

For less money, Washington could have backed the mortgages of individual homeowners facing foreclosure, and let them stay in their homes.read more

On the surface, he sounds like Eliot Spitzer, pre-call girl. But what does McCain mean by “reform”?read more