As we're all aware, TARP -- the bailout signed by President Bush -- is one of the primary targets...
Category - Economy
Virginia Socialism
Governor Bob McDonnell (R-Haircut) is ballyhooing Virginia's $403 million budget surplus as a...
Mr. Short Term Memory
Good freaking gravy. Gallup's latest update on 2010 congressional voting preferences finds 50% of...
Embarrassing But Fair
Starting now... Unless a consumer chooses to opt-in for overdraft protection, their ATM and debit...
Bailing Out the Super Rich
The Republicans are deficit hawks. This, for example: A Republican plan to extend tax cuts for the...
Circulate This Graph
Via Ezra Klein, tell me whether or not the stimulus worked based on this graph: On the left, job...
'The Deficit Wants to Skullf**k Your Mother'
The Daily Show nails the Republican hypocrisy on the deficit and the Bush tax cuts:
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid
This is a problem. Only a third of Americans (34%) correctly say the Troubled Asset Relief Program...
The Game is Rigged
I've been suspicious for a while now that banks manipulate the timing of deposits and debits on a...
Good News That Will Probably Be Ignored
Almost lost in the mix today: A long-stalled measure aimed at keeping more than 100,000 teachers on...
More Carnie Extremism
Actually, it's more like Jersey shore guido extremism. The inchoate rage at this president is...
Screwing the Grand Tetons
If you watched Ken Burns' documentary series last Summer, this will be especially heartbreaking:...
The Fiscal Straight-Jacket
Deficit hawks! Making the tax cuts permanent for all taxpayers, regardless of income, would cost $3...
Republican Contradiction in Plain Sight
Sargent: Senate Republicans will mount a new push this fall for a constitutional amendment to...
Suck It, Republicans
It turns out the government response to the recession actually helped to reduce the budget deficit...
Krugman Debunks Paul Ryan's Dopey Plan
Via Digby, Paul Krugman's latest column entirely dismembers and debunks Paul Ryan's Republican plan...
Deficit Chickens
I'm sure you recall how Blanche Lincoln and Ben Nelson demagogued the price tag of the healthcare...
If True, This Would Be Incredible
Reuters reports: Main Street may be about to get its own gigantic bailout. Rumors are running wild...
Fictitious Spending
Krugman notices that President Obama hasn't really been a big spender. Spending as a percentage of...
Raise Taxes on the Rich
Americans overwhelmingly support raising taxes on the rich. Payroll taxes. To pay for Social...