The next time a Republican tells you that we're broke, ask him if we're broke or if we're simply...
Category - Economy
Historic Ditch-Driving
Ezra Klein on President Obama's pitch for the budget deal: Obama bragged about “making the largest...
Krugman vs Path to Poverty
Just to reiterate Bob's point that the Republicans don't care about deficits, Paul Krugman is...
Reviving an Old Refrain
There's just no way the Republicans come out on top in all of this. The president is too smart and...
The Republicans Don't Care About Deficits
It's important to note again that the Republicans don't care about deficits. They really don't care...
The Long Haul
According to the Government Accountability Office, the current economic conditions that individual...
Vacuous Austerity in Texas
Amidst the flurry of fiscal-hackery flowing like a river of slime from underneath the House of...
The Path to Poverty
The future chair of the DNC, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) came out swinging today to...
Bad News for Paul Ryan's Hackery
The CBO has evaluated the Ryan plan. In addition to acknowledging that seniors, disabled and...
Paul Ryan Wants to Bankrupt Old People
A reader and former health insurance executive examined Paul Ryan's ridiculous Medicare...
Serious as a Heart Attack
We all saw this coming didn't we? pro·jec·tion -The act of projecting or the condition of being...
The Worst Idea in Washington
Last week, the Senate Republicans revived the idea of a balanced budget amendment to the...
The Tip of the Iceberg
It looks like the proposed $1 Trillion, with a capital T, dollar cut to Medicaid reported yesterday...
Breakthrough on the Budget?
Big (but not really "good") news on the budget negotiations: Sources tell me that budget...
Fundamentally Clueless
As we all know, the Republican party is on a reckless mission to cut spending to establish their...
Faith in the Free Market
Republicans apparently do not have a great deal of faith in the free market, otherwise they...
Get Ready for a Shutdown
While the Democrats continue to compromise and capitulate, Eric Cantor and the Republicans aren't...
Bad Idea Jeans
Good lord, I hope this information is wrong. This is simply an awful, awful idea. The Democrats...
Shared Sacrifice
Can you imagine the Chamber of Commerce pledging to delay lobbying for corporate tax cuts until...
Robots are Strong…
...And they're taking control of our economy. Paul Krugman: From the FT: stock in Berkshire...