A Market-Based Mindset

A Market-Based Mindset

By  Danielle Ivory on Sep 23, 2008

Recently, the Bush administration proposed what could be the largest government bailout of private industry in the history of the United States. The architects of the proposal, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, are set to testify before Congress. ANP caught up with Charlie Cray, Director and Policy Analyst at the Center for Corporate Policy, who spoke about the philosophical underpinnings of the current economic meltdown.

McCain Tax Ads Working Against Obama

McCain Tax Ads Working Against Obama

By  Lagan Sebert on Sep 18, 2008

In attack ads and interviews, John McCain repeatedly claims Barack Obama will raise taxes on middle class. Though Obama's proposed tax plan would decrease taxes for most middle class voters more than McCain's, recent polls found a majority of Americans think Obama would raise their taxes. ANP traveled to Winchester in the battleground state of Virginia and found that McCain's controversial charges seem to have had an effect.