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Told You So
There are few times in my life that I wished I had been wrong but this is one of them. I predicted that Congress would never come to an agreement on a budget for FY 2012 in time for the … Continue reading
The Apes Were Smarter
Congress is back in session today after a five week break. I wish I could say that I anticipated major legislation to put a dent into the unemployment numbers and get the economy moving faster toward a recovery. Instead I … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, budget, C SPAN, Congress, continuing resolution, debt ceiling, Democrats, Do Nothing Congress, economy, FY 2011, FY 2012, House, Jan Schakowsky, jobs, John Boehner, Keith Ellison, Obama, Paul Ryan, Raul Grijalva, regulation, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, Ryan Plan, Senate, taxes, Tea Party, unemployment
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Happy Birthdays
August 4th is a red letter day for me every year. It is currently the birthday of the most important person in America, President Barack Obama, and always the birthday of the most important person in my life, my wife. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1948 election, Affordable Health Care Act, budget, Civil Rights, Constitution, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, debt ceiling, Democrats, Do Nothing Congress, FAA, Franklin Roosevelt, FY 2012, greed, Harry Truman, health care, jobs, John Kennedy, Lilly Ledbetter, Lyndon Johnson, Obama, Obamacare, progressive, racism, regulation, Republicans, Social Security, START, taxes, Tea Party, unemployment, United States Constitution
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The Party That Stole The Holidays
The debt ceiling has passed the House 269 -161. The Senate is scheduled to vote on it at noon today and it is assumed to be a foregone conclusion that it will pass – now what? Let’s look at what … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Amendment, Afghanistan, budget, Bush Tax Cuts, debt ceiling, default, Democrats, Department of Defense, FY 2011, FY 2012, Gabrielle Gifford, Gabrielle Giffords, Grover Norquist, Homeland Security, House, Iraq, jobs, Mark Meckler, Medicaid, Medicare, Nancy Pelosi, National Nuclear Security Administration, Obama, Pell Grants, Republicans, Senate, Social Security, Supreme Court, taxes, Tea Party, Tea Party Patriots, unemployment, Veteran's Administration
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Playing The Fourteenth Card
In the last week or so there has been a plethora of discussion of Section 4 of the Fourteenth Amendment, some of it here. I thought it was time to look at the implications of the Executive Branch invoking it.
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Tagged 14th Amendment, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, continuing resolution, debt ceiling, debt crisis, deficit, Democrats, FY 2011, FY 2012, House, John Boehner, John Roberts, Mitch McConnell, Obama, Republicans, Samuel Alito, Senate, Supreme Court, Tea Party
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Whose Nickel Anyway?
Seventeen states support thirty two and one supports itself. That is what the results of a 2007 study by the self-identified as non partisan, but generally considered conservative, The Tax Foundation using 2005 data tells us. Unfortunately this seems to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000 election, 2004 election, 2008 election, 2010 mid-term elections, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, debt ceiling, defecit, Delaware, Democrats, Florida, FY 2012, Georgia, gerrymandering, Harold Meyerson, Hawaii, House, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Republicans, Rhode Island, Senate, South Carolina, South Dakota, taxes, Tennessee, Texas, The Tax Foundation, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington Post, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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The Paul Principle
No dear readers the title is not a mistake. What you thought was my intended title is however the inspiration. The Peter Principle is a business theory that a person is promoted to their level of incompetence. The Paul Principle … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, CNN, Democrats, FY 2012, Glenn Grothman, Herb Kohl, House, House Budget Committee, Medicare, New York Times, Nobel Prize, Paul Krugman, Paul Ryan, Republicans, Russ Feingold, Ryan Plan, Scott Walker, Senate, Tea Party, The Paul Principle, The Peter Principle, Wisconsin
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Money Wins
There is an old expression, “Follow the money.” If the Democrats are doing that they will realize that they are in the driver’s seat in the debt ceiling debate. There is no reason to make any major concessions to the … Continue reading
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Tagged American Gas Association, big business, budget, Citizens United, debt ceiling, defecit, Democrats, economy, FY 2012, Great Depression, greed, House, John Boehner, Kevin McCarthy, National Association of Manufacturers, Paul Ryan, Republicans, Ryan Plan, Tea Party, Telecommunications Industry Association, The Economic Club of New York, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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The Best Budget Proposal You Didn’t Hear Of
The left spent several days praising President Obama’s budget speech mainly because in it he refused to destroy America and took a couple of shots at the piece of absurdity based on false assumptions Paul Ryan, (R, WI-1), and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, budget, Bush Tax Cuts, capital gains tax, CBO, debt ceiling, defecit, Defense Budget, Democrats, education, FY 2011, FY 2012, green energy, House, Iraq, jobs, Keith Ellison, Obama, Paul Krugman, Paul Ryan, Progressive Budget, Progressive Caucus, Rachel Maddow, Raul Grijalva, Republicans, Ryan Plan, Social Security, subsidies, taxes, The Path to prosperity, The People's Budget, Thom Hartmann
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An American Ressurection
Today is Easter Sunday, a day when Christians celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. With no disrespect intended, today progressives could celebrate the resurrection of the political activism of America’s working class.
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Tagged 2010 mid-term elections, abortion, defecit, Democrats, FY 2012, House, House of Representatives, jobs, Medicare, NPR, Obama, Planned Parenthood, recall, Republicans, Ryan Plan, Scott Walker, taxes, Tea Party, Tea Party Rally, unemployment, union busting, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Senate, women's health issues
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