Tag Archives: budget deficit

Dollars & G-Strings

Congress is once again considering doing away with the dollar bill, an issue that comes up and is promptly shot down every few years.  Yesterday the New York Daily News went directly to the people for their opinion. The proposal won a hearty endorsement Friday night from workers who handle bills as part of their daily grind. At Sapphire New …

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Krugman: Paul Ryan Is A Con Man

“The fact is that Ryan is and always was a fraud. His plan never added up; it was never, contrary to what people who should know better asserted, ‘scored’ by the CBO. What he actually offered was a plan to hurt the poor and reward the rich, actually increasing the deficit along the way, plus magic asterisks that supposedly reduced …

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Obama Shrank The Deficit

From the Maddow Blog: When the president’s critics spin this, they’ll say, “The deficit was over $1 trillion again,” and that will be accurate. What the criticism fails to note, however, is that (a) the deficit is now much smaller than it was when Obama took office; (b) this is the smallest deficit we’ve seen in four years; (c) this …

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Only Romney Has Fiscal Discipline

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Caption This

(Tipped by JMG reader David)

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Another Chart For The GOP To Ignore

Source.

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New Attack Ad From The RNC

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1-2-3 GOP

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Millionaires Group: Raise Our Taxes

The above message is from a group calling themselves Patriotic Millionaires For Fiscal Strength. I’m not seeing any immediately familiar names on the list of co-signers, maybe you do?

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Budget Deficits For Dummies

This is a clear explanation, actually.

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MSNBC’s Dan Ratigan Rants On Political Corruption & The Debt Crisis

Yeah, I’d say this can be filed under “epic.”

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Teabaggers Cheer S&P Downgrade

“Objectivizing”?

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The Tea Party Downgrade

Voiceover by DC Douglas.

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Dow Jones Nosedives

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Crazy Eyes Blames Obama For Downgrade

Shocking.

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Mark Fiore: Mourning In America

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Sarah Palin Vs. Joe Biden

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McCain: Debt Bill Will Pass Senate

The bill is being debated on the Senate floor at this writing. The vote should take place within the hour. UPDATE: The Senate has passed the bill 74-26.

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Olbermann Rants On Debt Bill

Another classic. Watch this.

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Quote Of The Day – Paul Krugman

“We currently have a deeply depressed economy. We will almost certainly continue to have a depressed economy all through next year. And we will probably have a depressed economy through 2013 as well, if not beyond. The worst thing you can do in these circumstances is slash government spending, since that will depress the economy even further. Pay no attention …

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