July 9, 2012
Ezra Klein: How Jobs Are Created In The Real World
It’s remarkable that Republicans keep telling the lie that is trickle-down, supply-side economics and people continue to believe it.
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July 9, 2012
Republicans Are Fiscally Reckless
I know Republicans like to say Democrats are reckless when it comes to the federal budget, but it is in fact Republicans who are reckless.
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July 9, 2012
Cartoon: Another Republican Vote To Repeal Obamacare
A cartoon by Daryl Cagle:
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July 7, 2012
American Jobs Act: Real Jobs For Real People
President Obama proposed the American Jobs Act back in September of last year, a full 10 months ago. This proposed legislation could have put millions of Americans back to work but congress decided doing nothing was a better idea. More specifically, Republicans decided doing nothing was a better idea. There are millions of Americans who could now be working or would be working soon as that money was spent but instead they are on the sidelines, still looking for work and not consuming, only making the economy worse, not better.
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July 7, 2012
BBC: California Approves First High-Speed Rail In United States
Well at least California sees the benefits of improved infrastructure
for future economic growth in this country. What’s it going to take to
get the Republican “party of no” to agree to these formerly bipartisan
projects?
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July 6, 2012
Reagan-Appointed Federal Judge Richard Posner Says Republican Party Is “Goofy”
How many Republicans need to denounce the current Republican Party before the average Republican will wake up? I think there are millions of good people in this country who are life-long Republicans and they will always support and vote for Republicans, but I think these good people are just a bit blinded by that life-long allegiance to party. While I can’t claim to be immune from bias or group-think, life-long allegiance to one political party is something I’ll never be able to claim for myself.
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July 6, 2012
Former GOP Presidential Candidate Jon Huntsman To Skip Republican Convention
Jon Huntsman announced he will not be attending the Republican convention later this summer. This would not be news except for the reason he gave for not attending. Huntsman said, “I will not be attending this year’s convention, nor any Republican convention in the future, until the party focuses on a bigger, bolder, more confident future for the United States – a future based on problem solving, inclusiveness, and a willingness to address the trust deficit, which is every bit as corrosive as our fiscal and economic deficits.” I once again say Jon Huntsman is Mr. Reasonable. This doesn’t mean I would support many of his policies, but at least he isn’t in lockstep with a party that thinks government and politics is a big game to be utilized to favor the wealthy ruling class while impoverishing the already impoverished.
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July 4, 2012
Mitt Romney “Now” Says Individual Mandate Is A Tax. That Didn’t Take Long.
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July 3, 2012
Free Market Ideologues Think The Economy Is Caged Lion That Will Be Set Free When Government Gets Out Of The Way
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