I applaud the idea, but it doesn’t go far enough. How about Congressmen get a pay cut proportional to the size of the deficit budgets they pass? So, this year they should receive a 40% pay cut Congratulations to President Obama for passing a bill to spend more money and raise more taxes. That’s the […]
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Detroit: it’s what you insisted on
It’s sad to see my home town descend into such disgrace. It wouldn’t be this bad if Republicans were in charge and were really as evil as Democrats are incompetent. Unemployed and not looking 47% 35% on foodstamps; 1000s of homes abandoned’. Population cut in half in 20 yrs “Leaders” crying out for more dole […]
No follow-up questions for NBC?
Imagine if this had been a Republican political candidate. What would the list of follow-up questions have included? Why do you classify this as an error? Was it an error of omission or commission? What is the purpose of editing? Why wasn’t it posted that this was an edited call, in the same way that […]
Santorum, the American Achmehdinejad, still taking himself seriously
No sense of self, no sense of decorum. At least 1 person still takes him seriously, and that person is holding an etch-a-sketch Related articles Did you hear this one from Santorum? (underthelobsterscope.wordpress.com) Michael Falcone reported from Arbutus, Md., and Arlette Saenz reported from Harvey, La. (imageinme.wordpress.com) Everyone Loves a Good Etch A Sketch Meme […]
Budget cutting by reducing farm subsidies
I see liberal commentators like Cenk Uygur applauding the reduction of 280B from the proposed budget, as an end to corporate crony capitalism. As if that’s not going to have an effect on the price of food, which is a disproportionally higher percentage of the budgets for the poor than the rich. Cut 280B from […]
The irreplaceable tax cheat Tim Geithner
That there are 36 Obama aides who owe back taxes is great news for the country which had just learned at the State of the Union speech that Tim “Tax Cheat” Geithner wouldn’t be around for a second term as Treasury Secretary. We now have an expanded pool of candidates to take over from Geithner, […]
Gingrich: an inch deep and a mile wide, his own anti-message
What a disaster for the Republicans Gingrich is. having had 3 years to craft a message of hope, growth, opportunity and fiscal sanity, they have found themselves worshipping the mouth that roared. Gingrich’s personal life evidences such a lack of discipline that it undermines the party’s claims of bringing sober, responsible, controlled limited government to […]
“Playing” at being Presidential vs actually “Presiding”
Is this just a low cost way to appear Presidential and decisive? or part of the narrative of socialist/fascist power-grab using the Alinsky model? If Obama really wanted to look Presidential he would take the NYT defense budget cutting quiz and start to make a difference in our finances by downsizing the military Related articles […]
Forced cuts and Congressional politics
Given the political climate in DC and the cynical, self-serving behavior of both parties which is the predictable downside of an entrenched 2 party system, the following scenario really concerns me: I dont think the Republicans in Congress want to win the Presidential election in 2012, since they know the economy isnt going to heal […]
Other peoples’ moral courage with your money
Speaking truth to her own power as a legislator. Tirelessly finding ways to spend your money on her ideas. CHICAGO (WLS) – A lot of reaction Wednesday morning to Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky‘s interview with Don Wade and Roma. Schakowsky said that Americans don’t deserve to keep all of their money because we need taxes to support […]