The Debt Ceiling Talks and Ending America’s Social Programs
The first thing you need to know about the Republican Tea Party is that they have, from the moment the bills were passed, opposed Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance et al....
View ArticleGo Gang of Seventy
…(Rep) Grijalva and his allies point to the CPC People’s Budget as an alternative more in sync with what people want and the economy needs—a budget that calls for shared sacrifice. For example, 66...
View ArticleHello Economic Depression
In 1929 the stock market crashed: Similar to the crash in 2008. The president at that time, Herbert Hoover, thought that the way out of the deep recession the economic meltdown had caused was to rely...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Tells CNBC: ‘I Could End The Deficit In Five Minutes’
“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes,” he told CNBC. “You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for...
View ArticleGov. Walker Screws Over Wisconsinites…Again!
Republicans have no shame. It does not embarrass them to be caught lying. They don’t mind being complete hypocrites. Last, but certainly not least, they have no compunction about stealing from the...
View ArticleCutting Gov’t Spending Will Cost Jobs Say Republicans
And now for a bit of a rant… The Republicans have been saying for years that the only way to create jobs is to cut government spending. The Republicans have been trying to convince the American people...
View ArticleThe Romney Economy
Hey Mitt, can you believe that the American people still think we are on their side? Ever wonder what the American economy would look like under a Romney presidency? Wonder no more. We have an example...
View ArticleMore Proof GOP Policies are Harmful to America
Republican economic policies are hurting America’s ability to recover from the Republican-created economic meltdown of 2008. What’s worse; the Republicans know it and they just don’t care. Their...
View ArticleWorst. Speaker. Ever.
Will this man do what is right for the country? Or for himself? “We should not be judged by how many new laws we create, we ought to be judged on how many laws we repeal.” – Speaker of the House, John...
View ArticleRepublicans Shut Down the Federal Government Again
UPDATE: The Republican’s plan to shut the government down has succeeded. The huge irony here being that the government shutdown doesn’t even slow down the implementation of The Affordable Care Act,...
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