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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Facebook’s Randi Zuckerberg: Anonymity Online ‘Has To Go Away’

As reported today on Huffington Post: Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook’s marketing director, has a fix for cyberbullying: stop people from doing anything online without their names…

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“The Super Congress” Proposal: End Times for the Constitution and the Rule of Law

Looks like Old Ben was right in his skepticism regarding the abilities of his fellow countrymen to hang onto the Republic they had just agreed…

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