November 27, 2012
To Democrats: Regarding The “Fiscal Cliff” Negotiations
I would like to say to Democrats in the House and Senate who are considering cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and other social insurance programs:
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November 11, 2012
The ‘Fiscal Cliff’ That Isn’t
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.
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October 10, 2012
Romney and Ryan: Higher Military Spending, Lower Taxes — Fiscal Hawks?
Can you be called a “fiscal hawk” or a “deficit hawk” if you are pushing for higher military spending along with a built-in floor that stipulates “core defense spending” must be maintained at 4% of GDP? Can you be called a fiscal or deficit hawk if you advocate for lower, across-the-board tax cuts at a time when the federal government is running trillion-dollar-plus deficits?
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September 27, 2012
Report: Tax Cuts For Wealthy Do Not Stimulate Economy – Cue Collective Facepalm
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August 29, 2012
The Republican Solution To Everything: Spending Cuts, Tax Cuts, or Both
The United States of America is the wealthiest nation on the planet, but somehow we can’t find a way to fund important government programs that help lift people out of poverty and build a stronger foundation for our future. We have an entire political coalition that wants to cut taxes even further while attempting to make government so small it can fit in our bedrooms — right before they drown it in the bathtub (to paraphrase both The West Wing and tax pledge prophet Grover Norquist).
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August 16, 2012
Republicans Say Tax Cuts Do Not Stimulate The Economy
Did that get your attention? Good, stay with me for a moment. — So we all know Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan and every other beltway Republican is on record as saying the “stimulus” didn’t work. When we say stimulus, we are talking about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This piece of legislation, passed in the first months of the Obama administration, contained tax incentives for companies, tax breaks for individuals, infrastructure investment, education funding, and more. Fully one-third of the “stimulus” was in the form of tax cuts.
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August 15, 2012
Paul Ryan is NOT a fiscal conservative
If you vote for massive spending increases (Medicare Part D) without corresponding revenue increases, you are not a fiscal conservative.
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August 12, 2012
Romney’s Choice of Paul Ryan as VP Sends a Clear Message
Mitt Romney’s selection of Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) sends a clear message to:
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August 9, 2012
7 “Facts” Conservatives & Republicans Repeat that Are Not True, Do Not Work, and Do Not Make Sense
There is a lot of nonsense bouncing around the conservative echo chamber. Below I present “facts” that conservatives love to repeat over and over even though they have no grounding in reality. And while this is clearly far from a complete list, it offers a glimpse into the fact-starved void that is the conservative bubble.
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June 23, 2012
Income Inequality: Top One Percent Share Of Total Pre-Tax Income, 1913-2007
There will be naysayers who cite causality when they see a chart like the one below, and that is fine. I agree, we cannot directly correlate the top one percent’s share of total pre-tax income with all things that ail this country, but is anyone going to make the case that income inequality of this magnitude is healthy for the future of the United States?
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