Quote: Lewis Black: Health Care Should Not Be A Profit Institution
“I’m not sure that health is uh, uh, a profit institution. I’m not sure. Because, because, it’s what stands between you...
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on Tuesday showing a rapidly shrinking federal budget deficit. The CBO estimates [...]
“The whole idea that the government is like a family — completely fallacious.” – Mark Blyth
In President Eisenhower’s 1961 farewell address he warned the country about the peril of the “military-industrial complex” to peace and [...]
The House of Representatives passed the Senate fiscal cliff bill by 90 votes, and it has not gone unnoticed by [...]
In the early hours of the new year, the U.S. Senate voted and approved the fiscal cliff deal 89 to [...]
We are all jumping off the cliff at midnight. — Apparently there will be no vote tonight on a deal [...]
All the dire language about the fiscal cliff tells us two things about Republicans. 1. Republicans say the economy is [...]
Speaker John Boehner and pretty much the entire Republican Party and even some Democrats say we have a spending problem, [...]
Last week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell either showed his lack of understanding of the debt ceiling, or he showed [...]
Republican logic on how to grow the economy and increase federal tax revenue, in three simple steps: 1. Cut taxes. [...]
On today’s Up on MSNBC, Chris Hayes said if the debt and deficit were really a major concern in Washington, we [...]
I know some will say this is a false choice, but I ask, what is more important, the economy or [...]
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