RATIONAL RESISTANCE
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What’s The Deal With Trump Followers?
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Five years ago when Donald Trump road that escalator and announced his candidacy, everyone including most people who are now Trump-for-lifers, believed it was a stunt, and he was clearly unqualifie...January 1, 2013
In the early hours of the new year, the U.S. Senate voted and approved the fiscal cliff deal 89 to 8. This is a much wider margin than most could have even predicted, which really puts the pressure on the House of Representatives to pass the bill. The problem is, it’s the House of Representatives, led by Speaker John Boehner who has no control over the ultra-conservative (radical actually) tea party Republicans.
December 31, 2012
We are all jumping off the cliff at midnight. — Apparently there will be no vote tonight on a deal to avert the fiscal cliff. Earlier today it was announced by Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell that a deal on the tax side was reached, but a deal on the spending side is still pending.
December 31, 2012
I hate to be the pessimist in the room, but regardless of all the positive talk today about a potential fiscal cliff deal, nothing is done until congress votes on it. The details of the potential deal includes an extension of unemployment benefits, a patch of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) so that it doesn’t hit middle class families, and extensions of the earned income tax credit and college tax credit for 5 years.
December 28, 2012
In a late afternoon press conference on Friday, President Obama said:
December 28, 2012
All the dire language about the fiscal cliff tells us two things about Republicans.
December 13, 2012
Speaker John Boehner and pretty much the entire Republican Party and even some Democrats say we have a spending problem, not a revenue problem. But with any Republican claim, you would be well advised to do a little research. Luckily I’ve done it for you!
December 13, 2012
Today U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice announced she is removing herself from consideration for secretary of state.
December 12, 2012
According to a white paper by the Economic Policy Institute, (“Right-to-Work 101“), union and non-union workers in states that have right-to-work laws earn an average of $1500 less per year.
December 12, 2012
Remember when Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and the rest of the Republican clown show were dumping on Obamacare because it cuts $716 billion from Medicare? Well, never mind that the cuts are actually cost savings that don’t affect benefits, the point is that Republicans wanted to look like the great defenders of Medicare. Now as part of a fiscal cliff deal Republicans are looking to do what? Cut Medicare spending. Wow, that didn’t take long.
December 11, 2012
Last week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell either showed his lack of understanding of the debt ceiling, or he showed his lack of respect for Americans by lying about it.