“Chase is a regulated entity. We as taxpayers who bailed it out deserve to know what it’s up to. After a string of serious allegations like this, Congress should demand that Dimon waive the company’s privilege — the cloak of [...] read post
Eliot Spitzer will be on vacation for two weeks, starting on Monday, June 18. He will return to “Viewpoint” on Monday, July 2. In the meantime, we’re excited for “Joy Behar: One Week Only *Until the Fall,” which will showcase [...] read post
“The article was an effort to justify the crazed economics of the right — the voodoo economics that says lowering taxes raises more revenue, and that less government spending generates an increase in overall demand.” — Eliot Spitzer read post
“Republicans want to dress up like deficit slayers,” Spitzer notes. “And how are they going to do it? More tax cuts. Go figure. When it doesn’t work the first time, do it again.” — Eliot Spitzer read post
“The White House has a pretty compelling argument to make that it is — and will be — the change agent we need going forward.” — Eliot Spitzer read post
“When we feel we are in decline, we sense that we have lost our balance. We argue about what history teaches us—and usually disagree about what history actually says. We conclude that behind every crisis related to economics and the [...] read post
“Romney is running as a candidate of no ideas — not even bad ones.” — Eliot Spitzer read post
“I was sent by the Department of State to Iraq for one year in 2009 as part of the civilian Surge deployed to backstop the manlier military one. Along with a half dozen contractors as teammates, I was assigned to [...] read post
“The fact that all these new voting restrictions have been passed across the country, making it harder for people to vote — including in many cases, young people — I think that in and of itself is a reason to [...] read post
“Repeal of Glass-Steagall was merely one part of a larger flaw in our thinking. We cut virtually all the rules and regulations that kept our banks solid and credible for six decades.” — Eliot Spitzer read post
