Archive for the ‘Money’ Category
Possible Reasons Romney Is Suppressing His Tax Returns.
As you likely know, during the 1968 race for president, Michigan Governor George Romney ran for the Republican nomination. A self-made millionaire as former head of “American Motors”, the elder Romney released an unprecedented 12 years worth of past tax returns, explaining that “one year could be a fluke”, showing only what the candidate wanted you to […]
July 16, 2012
Posted in: Election, Money, Politics, Taxes
Some rants: JobsJobsJobs, Oil, Hypocrisy and My Integrity (UPDATED)
There was so much going on last week, that I couldn’t pick a single topic to focus on. First off was (of course) the dismal jobs report for May released last week. Republicans were quick to pounce on the disappointing figures, pointing to it was “PROOF!” that President Obama’s economic policies are a failure. Also, […]
June 4, 2012
Posted in: Economy, Election, Energy Independence, Environment, Jobs, Money, Politics, Rants, Taxes
Romney HAS a post-Bain record. Let’s look at it. (Possible Criminal Quid Pro Quo?)
Mitt Romney likes talking about his “private sector record at Bain Capital” as a “job creator”, saying that that experience makes him better suited to be president than Barack Obama. He doesn’t like talking about his time as governor of Massachusetts (2003-2007) with lousy economic record and pushing through a state-wide health insurance mandate that gives Tea Party members […]
May 28, 2012
Posted in: Crime, Economy, Election, Jobs, Money, Politics
States most likely to REJECT austerity to lower unemployment are Republican
Rope-A-Dope: a boxing term coined by heavyweight prize-fighter George Foreman in his 1974 “Rumble-in-the-Jungle” with Muhammad Ali. Foreman… clearly winning… repeatedly pinned a battered Ali against the ropes, landing dozens of punches on the weary ex-champ. But the joke was on Foreman. While exhausting himself by pounding away at his opponent, Ali was “resting up” against […]
May 13, 2012
Posted in: Economy, Jobs, Money, myth busting, Politics, Taxes
GOP “Austerity” is Crippling Economic Recovery. And more IOKIYAR. (UPDATED)
Okay, this is going to be another brief but “numbers-heavy” debunking session, so let’s wrap this thing up for all you NeoCons douchebags out there who stumbled across this page in a Google search for the “Numbers-porn” that masquerades as “facts” on the Fox News website. As I surmised Friday night, this insane Republican adherence to […]
May 7, 2012
Posted in: Economy, Infrastructure, Jobs, Money, myth busting, Politics, Right-Wing Insanity
“Just the facts, Ma’am.” Important numbers for the Water Cooler Wars.
Now that this election year is in full swing, we keep hearing a lot of “pseudo-facts” being tossed about “like Godzilla with a railroad car” (h/t to TV’s Dan Castinella for the metaphor.) Bush’s former economic adviser Mitch Daniels had the gall to (falsely) claim “Ronald Reagan inherited a bigger economic mess than President Obama did” and yet […]
April 23, 2012
Posted in: Economy, Election, Jobs, Money, myth busting, Politics
Paying Your Taxes used to be Patriotic
It’s Tax Day, America! Listening to Republicans today, you’d be forgiven for thinking that making ANYONE pay taxes… especially wealthy people… was borderline Communism. “You can’t tax ‘the job creators’!” we’re told. During the 2000 presidential campaign, Republican candidate George W Bush was telling everyone across the country that the fact the government was running a surplus […]
April 16, 2012
Posted in: Economy, Money, Politics, Taxes
It Couldn’t Be More Clear: GOP running against fictional president with fictional record
Super Tuesday is now history, and the Republican presidential candidates have all given their “victory” speeches (not Ron Paul, who won no states). And it is clear from listening to them that each one of them absatively-posalutely believes they will be running in November against some fictional “un-American” president with a record that bears no resemblance […]
March 7, 2012
Posted in: Economy, Election, Energy Independence, Healthcare, Middle East, Money, Politics, Predictions, Taxes, War
Moonbases for Moonbats.
[PopUpFad=GROUP=widget:RANDOM=NO:SESSION=NO] In January of 2004, word leaked that President Bush planned to propose building a permanent base on the moon in his upcoming State of the Union address, to be used as a stepping stone to a manned mission to Mars by 2020. The idea was so poorly received and regarded so incredibly tone-deaf at a time when […]
January 30, 2012
Posted in: Economy, Election, Money, Politics, Rants
Responding to Stupid. Republicans ‘correcting’ Democrats need a clue
Special post-SotU Edition Listening to Bush’s Budget Director… Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels… lecture President Obama on the size of the deficit was like being lectured to on political ethics by Richard Nixon. When President Bush took office, he had a budget surplus and the government was on track to pay off the Debt by 2014. Instead, the Debt exploded […]
January 25, 2012
Posted in: Economy, Energy Independence, Environment, Global Warming, Jobs, Money, myth busting, Politics, Right-Wing Insanity
The unspoken subtext of Gingrich and Perry’s attacks on Romney: THEY KNOW Cannibalistic Capitalism is Wrong.
They KNOW. And it’s clear now that they’ve always known but didn’t care. In an all-out effort to stop Mitt Romney from locking up the GOP nomination almost before the race has even started, fleeting former favorites Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry have taken to criticizing just how Romney made his fortune: as a Corporate Raider that bought […]
January 16, 2012
Posted in: Election, Jobs, Money, myth busting, Politics
Why the economy is so bad. And why Obama should be trusted to fix it.
(THIS OP/ED IS FROM 2012. IF YOU WERE NOTIFIED OF A RECENT CORRECTION, I APOLOGIZE.) Happy New Year. I hope all my readers had a safe and happy holiday. A friend of mine asked me recently about my “Lists” of reasons not to vote for any of the Republican candidates for president, wondering if perhaps […]
January 2, 2012
Posted in: Economy, Election, Energy Independence, Jobs, Middle East, Money
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