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Sequester Siesta
Back in the summer of 2011 America was dealing with one of the many fiscal crises that the Tea Party/Republicans have manufactured in the 112th and 113th Congress. The solution/punt formation included the creation of a Supercommittee that if … Continue reading
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The Cost Of Delay
The 112th Congress will go down in history as one of the least productive. If you measure productivity by the number of bills that became legislation it is the least productive since we started keeping records. Harry Truman famously ran … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 113th Congress, 1948 election, California, Congress, Darrell Issa, debt ceiling, debt crisis, Do Harm Congress, Do Nothing Congress, economy, fiscal cliff, Fourth Amendment, Harry Truman, health care, House, infrastructure, jobs, Kentucky, Mike Lee, Mitch McConnell, Obama, politics, post office, Rand Paul, Republicans, Senate, social injustice, Super Committee, Tea Party, unemployment, United States Postal Service, USPS, Utah
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What Cliff?
Friday President Obama held his first meeting with Congressional leaders to discuss what has come to be known as the fiscal cliff. The word cliff implies some danger and doom. If there is imminent danger it is certainly not for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Clinton, budget, Budget Control Act of 2011, Budget Sequestration, Bush Tax Cuts, Chuck Schumer, Congress, defecit, Defense Budget, Defense Spending, Democrats, doc fix, fiscal cliff, fiscal policy, George W. Bush, income tax, Obama, payroll deductions, payroll tax, Payroll Tax Holiday, politics, progressives, Republicans, Schumer Amendment, Social Security, Super Committee, Tax Relief Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, Tea Party, unemployment, unemployment benefits, unemployment compensation, veterans, veterans benefits
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Requiem Of The Not So Super Committee
Late Monday afternoon the Supercommittee announced it had failed to the surprise of almost no one who had been following it and the events that brought it into being. Its genesis was the debt ceiling increase deal. The Tea Party … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, Congress, debt ceiling, defecit, Democrats, economics, government spending, Grover Norquist, jobs, Medicaid, Medicare, New Deal, North Carolina, Obama, payroll deductions, payroll taxes, politics, Renee Ellmers, Republican Presdiential Primary debate, Republicans, social safety net, Social Security, Super Committee, taxes, Tea Party, unemployment, unemployment benfits, unemployment compensation
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The 9-2 Solution
There is an idiom of apparently untraceable English origin that says, “You can’t see the forest for the trees.” Perhaps that best describes the 112th Congress’ actions, or more accurately lack thereof, on the economy. A look at the numbers … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, Democrats, economy, Europe, foreign trade, government spending, Herman Cain, jobs, Max Baucus, Montana, politics, Republicans, Super Committee, Tea Party, Treasury, underemployment, unemployment
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Consider The Source
Today is another day that an adage guides my thoughts. Today it is, “Consider the source.” Mid week all of Washington was abuzz because Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania had put a plan on the Supercommittee’s table that called for … Continue reading
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Tagged capital gains tax, class warfare, Club for Growth, deficit, Democrats, Estate Tax, health care, Home Mortgage Interest Deduction, income tax, inheritance tax, natioanl debt, Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, politics, Republicans, Super Committee, tax loopholes, taxes, Tea Party
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The Moment Of Newt
There is an old adage, “Timing is everything”. Mitt Romney would seem to be the biggest beneficiary of that thus far in the 2012 Presidential race.
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Tagged 2012 election, Herman Cain, Iowa, Iowa Caucus, Jon Huntsman, Massachusetts, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Primary, Newt Gingrich, politics, Republican Presidential Primary, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, Super Committee, Tim Pawlenty
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112th Turkey
With six days left until the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction is due to present its report to Congress it is a fair time to revisit my speculation. My concerns and predictions remain substantially unchanged from my August 13, … Continue reading
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Resolved, Maybe
If you are a little confused about how the pending government shutdown was averted you have a lot of company. In fact until sometime after 11 a.m. on Thursday morning funding to keep the government running through Tuesday October 4th … Continue reading
My Two Dogs Are More Responsible
This may be the only time I will draw inspiration for the title of a posting from Jon Huntsman but I have to give credit to the man who is destined to be one of the asterisks of the 2012 … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, auto industry, Ben Nelson, Congress, debt ceiling, Democrats, Department of Energy, disaster relief, energy, Eric Cantor, F.E.M.A., FY 2011, government shutdown, House, John Boehner, Jon Huntsman, natural disaster, Nebraska, Republicans, Senate, Super Committee, Tea Party
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