RATIONAL RESISTANCE
May 17, 2013
Republicans have decried economic stimulus in favor of austerity. They say government spending does not create economic growth, it hinders it. Well, the United States has not followed the austerity approach of many European countries, and we have the GDP growth to show for it. No thanks to Republicans.
April 26, 2013
The Bureau of Labor Statistics showed little change in long-term unemployment in March, with 4.6 million Americans being tossed away like garbage. These are people who want a job but cannot find one, and their elected representatives are doing nothing about it. Republicans, particularly congressional Republicans, have shown very little concern for the unemployed. They reject any attempts to stimulate the economy, and when the long-term unemployed try to get by on unemployment benefits, Republicans try to snatch that from them as well.
April 14, 2013
“The whole idea that the government is like a family — completely fallacious.” – Mark Blyth
November 11, 2012
On today’s Up on MSNBC, Chris Hayes said if the debt and deficit were really a major concern in Washington, we would not have a debate framed around a fictional “fiscal cliff.” Hayes said that it is neither fiscal or a cliff. At best it’s a fiscal curb, but even that isn’t correct because on the fiscal side, the “fiscal cliff’ is actually a major dose of austerity.
