Archive for the ‘Money’ Category
Was the September Jobs Report a Preview of a Teabagger Congress?
Last Friday, the White House released the disappointing unemployment figures for the month of September, with unemployment stuck at 9.6% following a net loss of 95,000 jobs. I stress “net” because even though the private sector gained jobs, the number was offset by the elimination of hundreds of thousands of government jobs (as columnist EJ Dione […]
October 11, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Election, Money, Politics
Under President Obama, Bush’s $700B TARP will cost ONE TENTH as much
In October of 2008, President George W. Bush passed the $700 BILLION dollar “Troubled Asset Relief Program” (TARP) to rescue an economy on the brink of collapse. Last night (Sunday, 10/3), that program drew to a close. In less than two years under a Democratic president with Democratic Congress, the economy recovered to the point […]
October 4, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Money, Politics
Republicans PLEDGE to Do Nothing New (Turd polish edition)
Last week, Republicans released their “Pledge to America” (or as Keith Olbermann calls it, a “Lemon Pledge”). Longer than Gingrich’s 1994 “Contract On With America” (thanks to about 14 hilarious full page photo inserts and eight mostly blank divider pages), yet shorter on details, answers, and even leaving many (Conservative) “problems”, like “earmarks”, left totally […]
September 27, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Election, Money, Politics
CEOs: “Reinvest those profits or we’ll tax your bonus!”
(Update: It was pointed out to me that I probably should have titled this Op/Ed: Corporations: “Reinvest those profits or we’ll tax them!” Because the real problem are Corporations paying NO taxes vs. CEO’s whose priority is Corporate Profits over their own. I apologize for any confusion. – Mugsy) While some may question my sanity, […]
September 6, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Money, myth busting, Politics
Name ONE thing the Tea Party stands for that helps People more than Corporations
Last Saturday was Glenn Beck’s “I Have a Scheme” rally (credit to Wonkette for the pun). Though it was dubbed “not a political rally”, no question that the 99% white crowd consisted almost entirely of Tea Party teanuts with politics on their mind. The theme of the rally was “Restoring Honor”. Restoring honor? This is […]
August 30, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Election, Energy Independence, Environment, Healthcare, Money, Politics, Right-Wing Insanity
Katrina devastation five years later shows folly of relying on Corporate America for recovery
Five years ago next Sunday, Hurricane Katrina made landfall just East of New Orleans. Despite warnings, the levees protecting the city gave way (thanks in part to the Bush Administration slashing funding for levee reconstruction). The city was devastated. Five years later, the New Orleans suburbs look like a ghost town, vacant lots overgrown with weeds & brush. […]
August 23, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Money, Politics, Seems Obvious to Me
Cheney gets himself some more of that Government Healthcare
Last Friday, Dick Cheney was admitted to George Washington University Hospital in DC after experiencing “discomfort” in his chestal area. Though ruled “Not” a heart attack, Cheney has been rushed to the hospital for some of that evil government heath care at least nine times before: “Mr. Cheney, 69, who has been having heart problems […]
June 28, 2010
Posted in: Healthcare, Money, Politics
If I Were President. The mistakes Obama is making.
“If I were President…”. How many conversations have started like that? The other day, my mother… whom agrees with me politically… asked if I thought President Obama was doing a good job. There is a mood in the country (myself included) that is frustrated that President Obama doesn’t seem to “get it” on a range […]
June 14, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Energy Independence, Environment, Money, Politics, Seems Obvious to Me, War
How to fix everything: The oil leak, the Gaza blockade, unemployment
Why is it that for every dumb problem, there is an overly complex & doomed to failure “solution”? The Gulf of Mexico is quickly becoming choked with thick brown oil sludge as “fix” after “fix” fails miserably. As if things weren’t bad enough for Israel, last weeks “siege” of a cargo ship filled with “humanitarian […]
June 7, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Energy Independence, Environment, Money, Politics, Seems Obvious to Me
Who’s Better at Running The Economy? A look at the numbers.
One of the greatest stumbling blocks when comparing how well the U.S. economy does under Democrats vs. Republicans is the four years of the Carter Administration. Republicans like to point to the economic “failure” of Jimmy Carter and the economic “success” of Ronald Reagan. Democrats point to the economic “success” of Bill Clinton and the […]
May 17, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Money, myth busting, Politics
Massey Mine Disaster debunks Self-Regulating Free-Market Myth
You hear it all the time. Some self-proclaimed “Libertarian” or “Free-Market Republican” will argue against “government regulation” and insists that “corporations will always do what is in the best interests of the community because their survival depends upon it.” That’s the very cornerstone of “Free Market” ideology. Ron Paul built his political career upon it. […]
April 7, 2010
Posted in: Energy Independence, Money, myth busting
NBC Healthcare Report fraught with MAJOR errors.
Last Thursday, NBC’s Nighly News opened with a two-part story on the “Obama Bi-Partisan Health Care Summit” held at Blair House in Washington D.C.. The opening segment talked about “strategy”, and how “the Democrats objective seemed to be to appear reasonable”, while the Republican strategy was “to distance themselves from the Democrats bill”. Various clips […]
March 1, 2010
Posted in: Healthcare, Money, Politics
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