Dear Congress, The People are with you (says CNN poll)
For weeks now there's been a sort of conventional wisdom amongst the netroos\blogosphere that the American people want the democrats to stand up and fight President Bush for issues that they believe...
View ArticleBush-Clinton Fatigue is a Myth
Let's say you're a young intrepid AP reporter covering DC politics. Let's also say that you are writing a story about the latest DC conventional wisdom. So you try and gather experts and data to...
View ArticleRedstate Lying to raise money?
Redstate is a funny reality free place.I had signed up for their email alerts a long time ago - just for fun. I've been getting email from redstate about their campaign to raise money to launch a new...
View Article[Updated] Democratic Nominee WILL be decided tomorrow. Here's Why
Everyone here and elsewhere is suggesting that the democratic nomination election will likely continue on after super tuesday. I find that to be a highly unlikely scenario. How do I come to this...
View ArticleObama Rally: What can I expect? [Updated x1]
Ok. So my fiance and I are going to our first Obama Rally. Make that our first political rally too. We're going with her parents who also have never been to one. Being the political junky in the...
View ArticleSchadenfreude (Winger's explode)
I'm not usually one to give into Schadenfreude, but I couldn't resist. Mostly because it just couldn't have happened to a nicer group of wingnuts. Apparently, Obama's speech was so good, right...
View ArticleBefore protesting vote caging in Michigan...
With little doubt, Florida was the decider in 2000. If it hadn't been for dirty tricks and Dems being out maneuvered in the media realm and public opinion realm, Al gore would be finishing his second...
View ArticleDo Something!!!: the "No BAILOUTS Act"
Last night every politician and progressive organization was asking for last minute donations. Meanwhile, our congress critters are getting ready to bail out give $700 billion dollars to the aholes on...
View ArticleObama is our Nixon (Thinking Long Term)
Back during the campaign of 2008, many people kept trying to compare Obama to past presidents like "Kennedy" or "FDR". One of the most interesting comparisons was that Obama was "Our" Reagan(examples...
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Our True Budget Deficit Problem (It can't hide)
As we know, the government is running huge budget deficits right now. The government has been running a deficit every year for the last several years. Most graphs showing the current deficits are...
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Decreased Spending Alone Can’t Fix the Budget Deficit
As we all know the size of the budget deficit has grown enormously in the last couple years. One only has to look at the increasing size of the budget deficit over the last decade to see why there's...
View ArticleHow much do we REALLY spend on Welfare?
Cross Posted from Our DimeWhenever you see a pie graph that is meant to represent all government spending. You will probably see a graph like the one at US Government Spending or the one at Wikipedia...
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National Defense Spending Is Growing Fast
Cross Posted from Our Dime.Yesterday I talked about all government spending related to security. Today I'm looking at the recent rise in National Defense spending. And I do mean rise. In the last 10...
View ArticleNo correlation between "Mandates" and Budget Deficits
So often I will read deficit hawks rail against "Mandatory Spending" programs. This completely perplexes me. When looking at government spending, what is the point of looking only at Mandatory or...
View ArticleBanks come first, then the poor, then maybe the economy
As I mentioned before the giant increase in the 2009 budget deficit that everybody is acting so freaked out about was caused by a 400$ billion loss in tax revenue as well as an almost 562$ billion...
View ArticleIncreased Border Security Doesn't Stop Immigration
Cross Posted from Our Dime.Immigration reform is a hot topic right now. There's a lot of calls for more border security and increased enforcement. However, do these policies work to actually reduce...
View ArticleMosque Controversy is splitting the Right, not the Left.
GOP leaders and Senate candidates continue to think that they have a winning issue with the so-called Ground-Zero mosque. Ladies and Gentleman let us hope that they continue to think that. The longer...
View ArticleA Redundant Federal Agency is wasting $871 million a year
Cross posted from Our DimeWhat if I told you that there was a government agency(let's call it Agency 'S') that is tasked to do everything that another agency(let's call it Agency 'H') does? Also,...
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How the 2009 Federal Budget Could Have Been Balanced
Our government collected fewer taxes in FY2009 than it did in FY2000 - this can be said without adjusting for inflation. In 2000, the government took in 1.54 trillion dollars in on-budget taxes, but...
View ArticleIreland's Budget Cuts: The rewards of Austerity, A Case Study
Cross Posted from Our Dime.For those who don't know, austerity is "a policy of deficit-cutting, lower spending, and a reduction in the amount of benefits and public services provided. Austerity...
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