Budget – Page 20 – People's World

Interest rate swaps wreak havoc around the country

March 29, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Like many states and local governments around the country, Oakland is being victimized by the banking industry.

GOP budget vs the people

March 21, 2012 By John Wojcik

would destroy the American Dream and, according to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka,, "establish a government of, by and for the 1percent."The budget proposes the unleashing of numerous additional reductions in the living standards of working people.

Ending the horrors of the Afghan war

March 14, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Now in its eleventh year, the U.S.'s longest-ever war has been the scene of many horrendous crimes against innocent Afghan people.

Expect a bitter fight on the budget

February 16, 2012 By PW Editorial Board

Make no mistake: President Obama's job-creating and tax-the-rich budget proposals are going to be core battleground issues for the Republican right.

Obama budget draws praise, some complaints, from labor leaders

February 14, 2012 By John Wojcik

The president's budget will be ignored in the GOP-run House, where Budget Committee Chairm Paul Ryan, R-Wis., intends to draft a proposal, which is expected to push killing of Medicare as we know it.