Journalist
Matt Taibbi has delved further than most into the debris left behind the
financial meltdown on Wall Street in 2008, and he’s not shy about reporting
what he’s seen.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a
member of the Senate Budget Committee, says he’s working with the
committee on a 10-year budget which would create jobs, lower the deficit
and protect working families and the most vulnerable people in our
society.
All three members of Vermont’s congressional delegation may be ready to allow the
so called "payroll tax holiday" to expire at the end of the year. That would boost tax burdens for middle
income families.
Senator Bernie Sanders warns that he’ll oppose one change to Social Security that’s under discussion as part of the fiscal cliff talks. Sanders says some want to shift the way the annual cost of living is adjusted for people who receive Social Security benefits.