The $64,000 Question

John Harvey asks a darn good one, too.

Why on earth, in a period of chronic unemployment, would we purposely set out to lower the spending of a major sector in the macroeconomy? Where do President Obama and Congressman Ryan think the businesses where government money was spent will make up those sales? They [...]

First View of 2010 Paychecks: We’re Doomed

If you want to understand the motivation of the 99% and the whole #Occupy movement, you need look no further than the Social Security Administration’s just-released data on 2010 paychecks. Avert your eyes, TeaOP, it’s data! You will not be able to comprehend it, so move on to the next post.

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The republican economic plan – Dig DEEP!

The Republicans have been excoriating the democrats, since Obama has taken office, that they are “tax and spend” liberals. They say elect us because we have a plan to give more Americans back their money and fix the deficit.

I know others have given me grief for saying the repubs have no plan, but [...]