What we need is more conservative economic policies. Because they've worked out so well for the...
Category - Economy
Here's Some Job Creation For You
The September jobs numbers are in and... This is the 9th straight month of private sector job...
Tom Toles For The Win
I was just talking with my brother about how the banks and financial institutions who benefited...
President, Democrats Cut the Deficit
So, fine, the 2010 deficit was around $1.294 trillion. But it's actually $122 billion less than...
Very Serious Republicans
Richard Shelby is blocking the nomination of Peter Diamond to sit on the Fed board of governors...
Rand Paul Doesn't Understand Economics
Ah hell. Today on Fox News Sunday: I think, first of all you look at whose money it is. It’s the...
Worst Persons in the World
The South Fulton, Tennessee Fire Department for this: OBION COUNTY, Tenn. - Imagine your home...
Rich vs. Poor in the Great Recession
This chart via Jon Chait illustrates everything you need to know about the ultimate impact of...
Voter Contradictions in Convenient Poll Form
Via Sargent, here's an interesting illustration of how ass-backwards and kerfuffled voters are...
Worst Persons
A collection agency associated with Bank of America for this awfulness: Two days after being...
Keith Olbermann on Small Business Loopholes
Countdown's extended report on which mega-corporations are purporting to be "small businesses."...
The Republican Gridlock Bomb
Digby posted a letter from the Institute for America's Future, signed by 300 leading economists...
Another Big Accomplishment on the Economy
We missed this yesterday. Very good news out of the Senate: The Senate on Thursday approved a multi...
It's Elizabeth Warren
The president is appointing Warren as the interim head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
Republican Debt in Convenient Graph Form
Via Jon Cohn, this new graph from CBPP is an outstanding representation of what the national debt...
WTF?
Chris Dodd is threatening to block Elizabeth Warren: Outgoing Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) warned...
Some Good News
This would pretty much rule the damn school. The White House is considering appointing Elizabeth...
Whoops! The Deficit Fell by 13 Percent
Bloomberg: The U.S. government posted a smaller budget deficit in August compared with the same...
Working the Refs
This is fairly typical of the wingnut right, especially now. Whenever confronted with reality ...
Attention Conservadem Cowards!
New Gallup poll on the Bush tax cuts: PRINCETON, NJ -- A majority of Americans favor letting the...