The White House Budget: A View From The Left
The new Obama budget repeats and reinforces the deficit-reduction rhetoric which has misdirected the political debate for the last four years.
Nadler: 'This Is The Central Lie Of Our Political Debate Right Now'
I'm not sure what the producers of MSNBC's UP with Steve Kornacki felt that Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform's Mattie Duppler was going to add to the debate on this Sunday's show, but after watching her on there, apparently it was to keep the rest of the guests busy debunking the endless string of lies she told during her time on the panel.
Simpson-Bowles 2.0 And The New 'Center'
The new Simpson-Bowles plan looks a lot like the old Simpson-Bowles plan, but more heavily tilted towards cuts and as Greg Sargent pointed out, represents a major shift to the right.
AEI Scholar To Fellow Conservatives: Forget About The Debt!
Here's Makin speaking much of the anti-Keynesian party line back in 2010.
Seriously, I think hell just froze over. An American Enterprise Institute "stink tanker" publicly contradicts the party line and tells conservatives the debt is no big
'Deficit' Deal Included Sweetheart Tax Break For Biotech Firm
So much for the alleged "deficit reduction," huh? (As Atrios keeps repeating, nobody really cares about the deficit.) Bill Moyers interviews Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) about a corporate tax exemption for Amgen, the world's largest biotech company,
President Obama's Presser: An Ultimatum And Invitation
I know you've probably already read about the president's press conference, because my friends John Amato and Susie Madrak have already written about it. If you haven't read theirs, you should, and you should also read Mike Lux' analysis of the
Ezra Klein Explains What Would Happen If We Breach The Debt Ceiling
In a welcome change of pace from what we saw on the Sunday shows and on his own network last week, guest host Ezra Klein took the Last Word viewers through what we could actually expect to happen if our politicians were irresponsible enough to allow
George Will: Fiscal Cliff Beginning Of The Decline Of Liberalism
I'm not sure what George Will was smoking before he made an appearance on ABC's This Week on Sunday morning, but apparently he believes that Democrats agreeing to extend tax cuts for income under $400-450K somehow marks the beginning of the decline
Krauthammer: Obama Presidency All About Raising Taxes To Support 'Entitlement State'
Surprise, surprise. It's all sour grapes over at Fox now that it seems Republicans are finally going to allow a clean vote on this so-called “fiscal cliff” bill that passed in the Senate. Leave it to their resident curmudgeon Charles Krauthammer
David Gregory To President Obama: You've Gotta' Talk Tough To Seniors, Don't You?
I don't think David Gregory can make it through an interview without pushing the Villagers' favorite theme during these so-called "fiscal cliff" negotiations, which is that Democrats had better be willing to inflict some pain on the elderly and the
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