Archive for June, 2011

Sen. Kyl defends oil subsidies on grounds it’s preferable to extortion.

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On Fox “news” Sunday yesterday, their guest, Senator Jon Kyl, was asked if he supported the Democrats’ proposal to “end oil subsidies to companies earning more than a Billion dollars in profit”? Kyl opposed the idea and defended his position on the grounds that so long as we hand over the money, nobody gets hurt. You think […]

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June 27, 2011
Posted in: Economy, Energy Independence, General, Money, Politics, Taxes

Can I stop shaking my head now? A return to GOP Bizarroland

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After the week we’ve just had, if I shake my head anymore, I fear it might fall off. The Rick Perry Myth-a-palooza continued for another week as Sunday-show after Sunday-show continued to repeat the “37%” jobs-claim as “fact”, Congressman Weiner… who committed no crime other than being a Douchebag… was hounded out of office by […]

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June 20, 2011
Posted in: Economy, Election, Jobs, Money, myth busting, Politics, Taxes

The New “Texas Miracle”? GOP pushing questionable Perry job-creation meme (UPDATED)

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(Authors Note: I need to recompute these numbers using data going back to January of 2009 and not just April of 2010, so please do not reference my estimates for 2009 until I’ve done so in a later post. Also, please check the bottom of this post for UPDATES. In the meantime, here are some […]

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June 13, 2011
Posted in: Economy, Election, Jobs, myth busting, Politics

It’s the price of gas, Stupid! – plus, Where is the Republican job legislation?

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On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that unemployment was “up” for the month of May, that a paltry 54,000 jobs were created, and unemployment rose to 9.1%. Republicans raced to the microphones to condemn President Obama’s economic policies as an abject failure. Mitt Romney said President Obama inherited a Recession (a surprising admission) “and […]

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June 6, 2011
Posted in: Economy, Election, Jobs, Money, Politics, Taxes