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Blinded By Their Own Baloney
For several years now one of the ways the Tea Party/Republicans have displayed their economic ignorance is by supporting the Fair Tax, which is basically a sales or consumption tax. I will not get into all the details here – … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Clinton, consumer demand, consumption tax, Coprorate Income tax, death tax, Donald B. Marron Jr., Donald Marron, economy, Estate Tax, Fair Tax, George H. W. Bush, income tax, inheritance tax, North Carolina, North Carolina General Assembly, politics, Reaganomics, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, sales taxes, Tax Policy Center, taxes, Tea Party, trickle down, unemployment
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Read A Book
The Sequester finally started to hit home this week and the N.I.M.B.Y. factor in the Right Wing “fiscal conservatives” came out. Their “conventional wisdom” was shattered by reality. They like to be portrayed as martyrs. In their minds government does … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, economics, economy, F.A.A., FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, fiscal conservatives, Head Start, House, House of Representatives, income redistribution, John Boehner, Joseph Stiglitz, Meals on Wheels, N.I.M.B.Y., NIMBY, P&G, P.A.T.C.O., PATCO, Paul Krugman, politics, Procter & Gamble, Republicans, right wing, Ronald Reagan, Senate, sequester, Tea Party, unemployed, union busting
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Let The Insanity Continue
Last week the circus, a/k/a CPAC, was in Washington; well, National Harbor, Maryland to be specific. CPAC’s annual gathering is supposed to be the thinking seminar for the conservative base of the Republican Party. After the results of the 2012 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 elections, 2012 election, 2014 election, 2016 election, Addison Mitchell McConnell Jr, Ashley Judd, bigotry, Bowie Kuhn, budget, budget deficit, C.I.A., CIA, CIA Director, CPAC, CPAC 2013, deficit, Democrats, Donald Trump, education, Eric Cantor, Florida, Fox News, George W. Bush, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, House, House Budget CommitteeKentucky, immigration, Jeb Bush, Jerry Springer Show, John Brennan, Kentucky, Lullaby, Marco Rubio, Maryland, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, national debt, National Harbor Maryland, New Jersey, Obama, Paul Ryan, politics, racism, Rafael Edward Cruz, Rand Paul, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, Rush Holt, Ryan Plan, Ryan Plan 3.0, Sarah Palin, Senate, Shawn Mullins, social mobility, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC, Willard Mitt Romney, Wisconsin
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They Have Not Begun To Fight
As I randomly talk to other Americans it is obvious that in the wake of the tragedy in Connecticut there is more of an appetite for reasonable gun regulation than ever. Rest assured that attitude in not unanimous and there … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, A.L.E.C., ALEC, Aurora Colorado, Bill Bennett, California, Chris Wallace, Colorado, Connecticut, Democrats, Dianne Feinstein, Fox, Fox News, Fox News Sunday, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, guns, House, Louie Gohmert, Meet The Press, N.R.A., NRA, politics, Republicans, Rick Perry, right wing, Ronald Reagan, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Sarah Palin, Senate, Texas
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The Kitchen Table
If you haven’t figured it out already I will tell you outright that I am concerned about the 2014 election. The Democratic enthusiasm gap of 2012 proved to be fiction but I can guarantee one in 2014. The Democratic base … Continue reading
Repeated Disinfection
Today I am writing about the United States Postal Service, or as most Americans prefer to refer to it, the Post Office. The reaction of most readers is probably, why? There is nothing new happening on that topic. That is … Continue reading
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Tagged 109th Congress, Bernie Sanders, California, Darrell Issa, Ed Schultz, George W. Bush, House, jobs, labor, MSNBC, organized labor, pension, politics, post office, post office closings, Postal Accountablility and Enhancement Act of 2006, Postal Reform Act of 2011, postal service, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, Senate, U.S.P.S., unemployment, union busting, unions, United States Postal Service, Vermont, veterans, veterans benefits
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A Sweeper And A Dreamer
It came as no big surprise to anyone paying attention when Mitt Romney swept the Maryland, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia primaries Tuesday night. Baring death or the greatest political collapse in modern history Mitt Romney will be the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1976 election, 2012 election, Connecticut, Connecticut primary, Delaware, Delaware primary, District of Columbia, District of Columbia primary, economy, Evangelical Christians, gas prices, gasoline, Mars Pennsylvania, Maryland, Maryland primary, Medicare, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Wisconsin, Mitt Romney, New York, New York primary, Obama, Paul Ryan, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania primary, Pittsburg Steelers, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, politics, Republican, Rhode Island, Rhode Island primary, Rick Santorum, Ronald Reagan, Ryan Plan, Senate, swing voters, Tea Party, voter turnout, Willard Mitt Romney, Wisconsin, Wisconsin primary
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The Puppet President
Back in October November and December of 2011 I did a nine part political fiction series entitled 2013 – An American Horror Story. In it I depicted a President Mitt Romney who was totally controlled by the Republican leadership in … Continue reading
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Tagged 113th Congress, 2012 election, Congress, conservative, CPAC, CPAC 2012, Daily Beast, Dan Savage, David Frum, Democrats, economics, Google, Grover Norquist, House, Medicare, Mitt Romney, money in politics, Obama, Paul Ryan, political fiction, politics, radical right, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Ronald Reagan, Ryan Plan, Senate, senior citizens, Social Security, waron women, White House, Willard Mitt Romney, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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The Numbers Don’t Add Up
Listen to a group of Republicans discuss the Social Security problem and inevitably one of the solutions advanced is to move the retirement age to 70. I subscribe to the theory that the first step in solving a problem is … Continue reading