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Paul Krugman: The President’s Surrender on Debt Ceiling

Paul Krugman, Nobel Economist, on this deal: …For the deal itself, given the available information, is a disaster, and not just for President Obama and…

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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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Why Rep. Young (R-IN 09) Is Totally Wrong About Deficit, Medicare, and Just About Everything

UPDATE to original post: An aide in Rep. Young’s office telephoned me a few hours after I posted this entry. He was very polite, and…

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This Is What Welfare for the Rich Looks Like

For the past few years Matt Taibbi has researched and written piece after piece exploring and exposing the triumph of the oligarchic corporate plutocracy in…

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