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Are You Serious?
Taking a cursory glance at the Ryan Plan 3.0 I am reminded of the first retort my youngest grandchild learned, “Are you serious?” It was cute, we all laughed and Olivia repeated it a time or two to get more … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, budget, Bush Tax Cuts, Coprorate Income tax, defecit, Food Stamps, House, House Budget Committee, income tax, John Boehner, Medicaid, Medicare, Michigan, national debt, North Carolina, Obama, Obamacare, Paul Ryan, politics, Republicans, Rick Snyder, Ryan budget, Ryan Plan, Ryan Plan 3.0, Senate, sequester, social safety net, Social Security, student loans, tax breaks, tax loopholes, taxes, Tea Party, Wisconsin
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Surprise, What Surprise?
There was widespread surprise on the American political scene on February 20th when Tea Party/Republican Florida Governor Rick Scott announced his state would participate in the Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. I was not among the surprised. When analyzing Republicans always … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th Amendment, bigotry, Columbia/HCA, Florida, Florida legislature, greed, Greedonomics, health care, House Select Committee on Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare fraud, Obama, Obamacare, politics, racism, Republicans, Rick Scott, Solantic, Tea Party
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The Banishment Of Louie Gohmert
This was a long time coming. It would be easy to dismiss Louie Gohmert as just another loony Tea Party/Republican, except that as a member of the House of Representatives he actually gets to vote on and propose legislation – … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Amendment, 2nd Amendment, Alan West, Americans for Tax Reform, anchor babies, Arizona, Aurora Colorado, balanced budget, Balanced Budget Amendment, C.N.N., Climate Change, CNN, Colorado, Connecticut, conservative, Constitution, Dick Cheney, discrimination, Drill Baby Drill, embryonic stem cell research, employment discrimination, F.I.S.A., FBI, FISA, Fox Business News, Fox News Sunday, gerrymandering, Government regulations, Grover Norquist, gun control, gun legislation, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, Hate crime legislation, hate crimes, House, House Natural Resources Committee, House of Representatives, HR 1503, immigration, job discrimination, John McCain, Louie Gohmert, mass shooting, Medicare, Medicare Part D, personhood, photo ID, Planned Parenthood, politics, radical right, redistricting, regulations, Republicans, Rick Perry, right wing, Ryan budget, Ryan Plan, Sandy Hook Elementary School, sex discrimination, sexual discrimination, Sharia Law, stem cell research, Tea Party, terror babies, Texas, the pledge, Tom Delay, trans-Alaskan pipeline, unemployment, unemployment benefits, unemployment compensation, United States Constitution, V.A.W.A., VAWA, Violence Against Women Act, voter ID, Voter suppression, Washington Post
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The Banishment Of Paul Broun
Republican/Tea Party Representative Paul Broun, M.D., (GA-10), is typical of the recycled, perpetual losing candidate that has found the Tea Party attractive. Broun made unsuccessful runs at public office in 1990, 1992 and 1996. Suddenly he made another appearance during … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, 2008 election, Alan West, AP, Associated Press, Atlanta Constitution Journal, Balanced Budget Amendment, Big Bang therory, Climate Change, Congress, Constitution, Democrats, Dodd-Frank Act, embryology, evolution, Florida, Georgia, Germany, Hitler, House, House Committee on Science, House of Representatives, John Boehner, Marxist, Medicare, Nazi, Obama, Obamacare, Paul Broun, politics, Republicans, Sandy, Sandy aid, Saxby Chambliss, Soviet Union, Space and Technology, State of The Union, Superstorm Sandy, taxes, Tea Party, United States Constitution
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The GOP Immigration Dilemma
A rock and a hard place; damned if you, do damned if you don’t – or to steal a line from the 1983 hit song Wrapped Around Your Finger by the Police – “Caught between the Scylla and Charybdis”, (hey, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 census, 2016 election, 2020 election, 2024 election, bigotry, comprehensive immigration reform, Democrats, demographics, economy, electoral votes, gerrymandering, greed, hispanics, House, House of Representatives, immigration, immigration reform, labor, latinos, Medicare, money in elections, money in politics, organized labor, politics, racism, redistricting, Republicans, Social Security, Texas, The Police, unions
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The Banishment Of Pete Peterson
Did you ever wonder why millions of Americans obsess over the national debt, (although they mistakenly refer to it as the deficit), when the biggest economic problem facing America today is the lack of consumer demand caused by unemployment? Pete … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackstone Group, capital gains tax, carried interest, Comeback America Institute, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Committee on Economic development, deficit, economy, Fix the Debt, Forbes 400, greed, Medicare, Mitt Romney, national debt, New America Foundation, Pete Peterson, Peter G. Peterson, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, politics, Richard Nixon, Social Security, taxes, The Can Kicks Back, The Fiscal Times, Willard Mitt Romney
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Give Them What They Deserve
Perhaps the best news about the fiscal cliff negotiations is that they are taking place under a news blackout. That means that something substantial may actually be getting done and both sides have no need to posture in public. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, budget, Bush Tax Cuts, Democrats, economy, fiscal cliff, health care, income tax, jobs, Medicaid, Medicare, Obama, Paul Ryan, politics, Republicans, retirement age, Ryan budget, Ryan Plan, taxes, unemployment
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What Are You Willing To Give Up?
Yesterday I attended the swearing in of a friend of mine as a County Commissioner. His opponent was a Tea Party/Republican who simply ran on a platform of taxes are too high and need to be reduced. That is a … Continue reading
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Tagged deductions, deficit, Democrats, fiscal cliff, House, income tax, Kentucky, Medicare, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, money in elections, money in politics, national debt, New York Times, Obama, Paul Krugman, Paul Ryan, politics, Republicans, Ryan Plan, Senate, Social Security, super PAC, tax deductions, tax loopholes, taxes, Tea Party, Willard Mitt Romney
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Believe It Or Not: Defending John Boehner
There are two kinds of Republicans in the House of Representatives these days: the economically ignorant and the obstinately economically ignorant. The later presents the problem. The former group – of which Speaker John Boehner is a member – is … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 2012 election, Arthur Laffer, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, economy, filibuster, fiscal cliff, House, House Budget Committee, income tax, John Boehner, Kentucky, Laffer curve, Medicare, Mitch McConnell, Ohio, Paul Ryan, politics, Republicans, Ryan budget, Ryan Plan, Senate, taxes, Tea Party, Wisconsin
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It’s Still Obama
Despite the fact that since April I now publish about one article a week as opposed to seven or eight, my website continues to grow. I am grateful for that! Last week I received an e-mail from a man who … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Democrats, economy, health care, jobs, Medicare, Mitt Romney, Obama, Obamacare, politics, progressive, unemployment, Willard Mitt Romney
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