Tag: Deficit
Progressives Behaving Badly – Milwaukee County Edition:
I am on the Grassroots North Shore email list and look forward to the information that they forward and the activities that they arrange. As a result of that affiliation I have also been receiving emails from North Shore for Mary Burke. I received their latest email last Thursday and…
Boehner’s Choices for the budget “Super Committee:” The Wisconsin Subtext
John Boehner named his choices to serve on the budget “Super Committee” the other day, but Boehner’s choices did not include the Republican most identified as a deficit hawk. Just a few months ago Wisconsin’s own Paul Ryan was the darling of the Republican Party, but now he’s evidently too…
The Liberal Media Fails Again
Certainly they should be excoriating Eric Cantor for leaving the budget talks this week, since he stands to financially benefit if the US defaults. Heck, it ain’t a liberal media at all. The conservative media, except for Salon magazine, is covering for Cantor. Conflict of Interest, thy name is Eric…
Even in retirement he is wrong…
George Bush, who was unpopular as a president, has been just as unpopular in retirement. Now he has will soon be coming out with a book on his presidency. That has forced him back out on the speaking circuit where we see WHY there is no demand for his services…
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…
Look Under the Mattress…
A story that came from the BBC yesterday,(I remember when we used to have journalists in America), $8 Billion dollars is unaccounted for in Iraqi reconstruction funds. From the story: According to the report, the Pentagon is unable to fully account for $8.7bn of funds it withdrew between 2004 and…
Here is why I never confuse republicans with conservatives….
In sum, there are zero historical examples of conservatives mobilizing to make the deficit smaller. What is true is that most conservatives oppose increases in non-military spending when those increases are proposed by Democratic presidents. http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/07/conservatives-dont-care-about-the-deficit-4/
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