During Tuesday night's debate, Romney suggested that he may cap all itemized deductions at $25,000...
Category - Economy
Things That Should Be Up are Up, Things That Should be Down are Down
Last week, I started this riff based on Al Gore's 1992 stump speech: Job creation is up. Inflation...
Way Too Many Republicans Don’t Know the Difference Between ‘Deficit’ and ‘Debt’
It probably doesn't help that Romney consistently and repeatedly lies when he says, "The president...
Home Construction at 4 Year High. Foreclosure at 5 Year Low.
More good news for the economy -- new home construction bounced back to the highest level since...
More Good News for the Economy
With consumer confidence at a five year high during the month of September, retail sales have...
Tom Brokaw is Worthless
Here's Brokaw on Meet the Press saying the deficit "happened on [Obama's] watch": This is an...
“The Arithmetic Doesn’t Work”
A number of individuals and publicationns spoke out against the Romney-Ryan tax cut plan yesterday...
JCT: Repealing ALL Itemized Deductions Only Pays for 4% Tax Cut
Mitt Romney claims he intends to pay for his across-the-board 20 percent tax cut by eliminating...
U.S. Treasury Runs $75 Billion Budget Surplus, Deficit Down 16 Percent
According to new figures released by the U.S. Treasury Department today, the federal deficit has...
Consumer Confidence at Five Year High
Good news -- consumer confidence is now at its highest level since 2007. You know, because the...
U.S. Jobless Claims at Four Year Low
Good news -- the fewest number of Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week in more than...
Getting Tough On China
Who's getting tough on China? Here's a hint: it's not the man who made his millions by bankrupting...
‘The US Economy is the Sole Bright Spot’
The U.S. economy, while still in the process of a sustained recovery, is considered to be a "sole...
Spazzy White Guys in Lower Manhattan
The Dow is inching closer to 14,000 -- up from 6,600 when the president took office. And yet...
GM Creating 10,000 New IT Jobs
Good news -- Government General Motors announced plans yesterday to hire 10,000 additional IT...
U.S. Debt At Lowest Level Since 2006
According to a new report from Bloomberg, U.S. debt is now at it's lowest level since 2006. Total...
And By the Way, The Dow has More Than Doubled
On March 9, 2009, several weeks after the president's inauguration, the Dow bottomed out at 6,625...
The Unemployment Rate Explained (Attention All Truthers)
Matthew O'Brien from The Atlantic: The economy added 114,000 jobs in September, and added 86,000...
Unemployment Falls to 7.8 Percent
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the jobs report for September today and it revealed that...
CBPP: Half of Simpson-Bowles Already Implemented
One of the most remarkable moments of last night's debate was when Mitt Romney rejected the idea of...
You must be logged in to post a comment.