Fiscal Cliff Deal: $1 in Spending Cuts for Every $41 in Tax Increases
Looks like we get screwed again. The Republican “leadership” in the House of Representatives is a joke. They gave up everything, and got nothing. I read somewhere that only one VA congressman voted for it – don’t know who it is yet. Cantor voted against it. Interestingly, Paul Ryan voted FOR it. According to the [...]
“The greatest increase in poverty and hardship produced by any law in modern U.S. history.”
Read this – it’s a good example of the hyperbole that is spewing forth about the debt ceiling fiasco. This is from Peter Suderman of Reason.com: For the vigilant apocalypse watchers, Robert Greenstein, a budget analyst at the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, is warning that John Boehner’s proposed debt plan “could well produce the greatest [...]
Federal Gov’t Will Continue to Run: Reactions Vary on Who “Won” Budget Battle
A deal was reached at the eleventh hour (literally) to keep funding the government for another week, until a final vote on the 2011 budget. It’s a little ridiculous that we’re talking about finally passing the 2011 budget in April, but that’s where we are. Reading around the blogosphere, reactions are mixed as to who [...]
John Boehner’s Speech at the Opening of the 112th Congress
Take a few minutes to listen to John Boehner’s first speech to the 112th Congress as Speaker of the House of Representatives. In tone and content, it represents a striking difference from his predecessor.
Krugman again? Pass me the duct tape, so my head doesn’t explode!
P Krug is at it again – lamenting in his latest New York Times editorial how “with Republican obstruction, the best we can hope for (with the economy) is palliative (my emphasis) measures…like the infrastructure program (the $50 billion in roads leading to nowhere) introduced by Obama this weekend.” It’s hard to overstate how destructive [...]
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