Posted in Congressional Fail Number Nth Deficit Income Inequality Letters to Congress Mediscare Middle Class Death Social Security

That is not only grotesquely immoral, it is bad economic policy.

I think Sen. Bernie Sanders sums up the proposed bill to extend the debt ceiling perfectly. My emphasis added. “The Republicans have been absolutely determined…

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Republicans: Hostage Takers

The cartoon is posted with permission of our college years’ friend and since then award winning cartoonist, Howard Cruise.

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Republican Bruce Bartlett and the NYTimes On the Debt Ceiling Facts vs. Fantasy

The House Republicans have just finished a 48 hour marathon debating amongst themselves whether to pass a flawed bill that would only extend the debt…

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The Cut, Cap, and Balance Act Follies

To: Rep. Todd Young U.S. House of Representatives, IN-09 Cc: Sen. Richard Lugar, Sen. Dan Coats, Pres. Barack Obama Subj: Your support of the “Cut,…

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Getting to Crazy. Krugman Hits Nail on Head on the Insanity of the GOP on the Debt Limit

Faxed to: Todd Young, IN-09; Indiana Senators Dick Lugar and Daniel Coats; President Obama, The White House; House Speaker John Boehner; Senate Majority Leader Harry…

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