This is the world we live in. We don’t need political commentators to tell us what is happening. We see it every day in our lives. Our politicians are in a battle, not for themselves, for which they are accused by so many, but for us Americans. Now the divisions are very clear. The Republicans [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Economics'
Political War in America–North, South, Rich, Poor
July 7th, 2011 · Comments Off · Economics, Politics, Populism
Tags: John Kasich·medicare and medicaid cuts·Neocon governors·Politics·Ric Scott·Ric Snyder·Scott Walker·teachers benefit cuts
The Trouble with the Trouble with the Economy
June 13th, 2011 · Comments Off · Economics, Politics, taxes
We’ve got trouble. Right here in Washington City. And that starts with a “T” and that rhymes with a “G” and that stands for GOP! The Neocon Party is out to use the economy to cause massive trouble for American citizens. The Republicans want to slash spending because…they say…we are going over the cliff. If [...]
Tags: cutting Social Security and Medicare·Medicare and Social Security·Obama's budget·tax cuts for the rich·the Pawlenty budget plan·the Republican Budget plans·the Ryan Budget plan
Obamacare is the Answer, Ryancare the Disaster
May 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Economics, Health Care, Politics, Populism, taxes
There were people who thought Paul Ryan was a genius. Then Democrats and Independents and Seniors began to analyze his plan. He quickly became a dunce. The Republicans had no other budget plan. So they voted on it. They passed it in the House. The Democrats, who could not believe their good fortune, quickly pounced [...]
Tags: Budgets·GOP budget·GOP Cuts to Medicare·Gop Medicare reductions·national debt·Paul Ryan's Medicare removal plan·Ryancare·The Ryan medicare elimination plan
Who Is Scaring All Those Seniors…and Why?
May 30th, 2011 · Comments Off · Corporations and Industry, Economics, Health Care, Politics, taxes
“It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood…a beautiful day for a neighbor..would you be mine…could you be mine….” Oh, yeah. Mister Rogers had nothing on the way the political parties are trying to attract Independent voters and Senior citizens. But the fact is that there is a significant difference. It is a difference that is [...]
Tags: health care reform·high cost of medical care·high medical costs·Medicare savings·national debt·Obamacare·oil company profits·saving Medicare·solutions to the national debt·supporting Medicare·sustaining Medicare·the Medicare scare
National Debt Solution: Create Jobs. Repeal Tax Cuts. Nationalize Energy
May 16th, 2011 · Comments Off · Economics, energy, Politics, taxes
It is time for a reality check. It is far beyond time for a reality check. We are standing on the edge of a giant precipice and we are about to fall out of the kind of society that we have built over about 250 years. We are about to fall into the abyss of [...]
Tags: budget cuts·jobs·nationalize energy·oil and gas drilling·outsourced jobs·Republican tax cuts
Revolution!
May 10th, 2011 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Economics, Politics
Let’s be very clear. We could very well be on the edge of revolution. The Republican Party, which now controls the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, the Governorships of 39 states is trying to take this country into total Depression. A full-on Depression, which would almost certainly follow a failure to increase the debt [...]
Tags: a second depression·debt limit ceiling·financial catastrophe·no debt ceiling increase·revolt·Revolution·Tea Party debt ceiling·Tea Party economic plans
On Raising Taxes and Restoring the Dream
April 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, Economics, Politics, taxes, Wall Street
We have all benefited from lower taxes in the years since 1980. So we can’t simply say that the rich have benefited. We all have lower taxes than we otherwise would. Of course, the more money you make, the more you are taxed. So the rich, even at these lower rates, pay more by far [...]
Tags: balancing the budget·growing the economy·jobs·Neocon budget proposals·Obama budget proposals·tariffs and trade·tax cuts·tax increases
Americans Want Jobs, Not Cuts in Medicare or Medicaid
April 16th, 2011 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Economics, Lobbying, Politics, Populism, Wall Street, wars and militarism
Most people will tell you that they are angry with the President. They were angry with the President in 2010 when they voted for 29 Republican governors, Republican governors who—the idiots should have known—are about to destroy collective bargaining for public workers, like teachers, firefighters and police, drop millions of Americans off Medicaid, and eliminate [...]
Tags: a Populist jobs program·Democratic job creation·jobs·Neocon obstructionism·Neocon racism·Republican bigots·Republican obstructionism·Wall Street bankers
State Debt Problems: Rich Teachers, Super-wealthy Firemen, Nurses, Cops!
February 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Economics, Labor, Politics
A man of little intellect and loud voice speaks from the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. He shouts at the camera from the hectic trading floor, with little knowledge outside of that arena but with monumental opinion. His name is Ric Santelli and while the market was collapsing and leaving us in the [...]
Tags: arbitration·cops·firemen·John Kasich·nurses·public employee unions·Scott Walker·teacher benefits·teacher unions·teachers·union busting governors·Wisconsin teachers' strike·workers rights
The Reagan Legacy
February 9th, 2011 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Economics, Politics
The American scene has changed since 1980 and not for the better. What is our biggest problem today? That’s right: the national debt. Everything to do with the national debt goes back to Ronald Reagan. And it is much more complex and sinister than just the numbers, which themselves are staggering. From the end of [...]
Tags: national debt·Neocon economics·Neocon politics·Reagan deficits·Reaganomics·Ronald Reagan·tax cuts for the rich·the Reagan Legacy
Peace and Expansion Versus War and Destitution
February 1st, 2011 · 4 Comments · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, Economics, Politics, wars and militarism
We live in a world of political chaos. The single most important problem we face is the ascendancy of the rich. In itself, there is nothing wrong with becoming both rich and powerful, so long as society has sufficient methods and men of integrity to act as a check on that power. So now we [...]
Tags: Bill Gates·Bush and Cheney·Bush's war in Iraq·Cheney and Halliburton·Clinton era economics·Halliburton fraud·Iraq war·Liberal economic expansion·Liberal economics·war contractors
The Populist Solution
January 26th, 2011 · Comments Off · Economics, Politics, Populism
Let’s get right to it. Here’s how a political party that had the interests of the People at heart would balance the budget and fix the economy. 1. Billionaires used to pay 97% of the incomes over a certain amount. They did so because this country gave them the opportunity and the markets to make [...]
Tags: cutting government·job creation·Medicare·neocon propaganda·Paul Ryan·Populism·populist economics·populist party·real austerity programs·Social Security·state if the union·tax increases on the rich
Paul Ryan’s Yellow Brick Road to Oblivion
January 24th, 2011 · Comments Off · Economics, Politics, taxes
In this country we have some of the finest economists in the world. Many of them, including Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, Lawrence Summers and Austan Goolsbee work within government to steer economic policy in the right direction. Representative Paul Ryan is not one of them. He is in government, but he is not one of [...]
Tags: Add new tag·Neocon econommic plan·Neoconservative budget proposals·Paul Ryan·Paul Ryan Roadmap for America·Republican budget roadmap·Republican economic plan
A Tale of Two Senators
January 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Economics, Politics, wars and militarism
One is tough; the other is a slug. You decide which is which. Does anyone remember the old commercial about the guy who drives the guy to the snowplow? How does the guy who runs the snowplow actually get to the snowplow? The answer in that case happened to be Volkswagon. But there is often [...]
Tags: Inspector General·Neocon Senators·Neocon tax cuts·Senator Claire McCaskill·Senator Scott Brown·spending in Afghanistan·spending in Iraq·tax cuts for the rich
Sean and the Great Republican Propaganda Machine
November 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, Economics, Media, Politics, taxes
Today, we hear from a paid Republican blogger who comments on Dr. Paul Krugman’s blog: “Conscience of a Liberal.” This clown is one of several obviously paid bloggers who seem to be on the blog almost daily spouting ridiculous comments, distracting references, insults, pathetic attempts at ridicule—and in all cases comments intending merely to disrupt [...]
Tags: Krugman·Neoconservatives·Republican propaganda·Republican Talking Points·Right Wing lies·Tax Cuts and Deficits·The Super-Rich