Archive for the 'economy' Category
Shiny Objects
The fact of the matter is that Planned Parenthood is nothing more than a shiny object.
The Democrats have already caved, by agreeing to $78 billion in cuts:
“The numbers have been agreed to, but it’s an opportunity for the right wing in the House to really sock it to women,”Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said. “I don’t [...]
They’ll Never Keep Us Down
Every day, I go bearish on M&I Bank
Every single day, I log into Marketwatch and go bearish on M&I Bank, a huge supporter of fascist Wisconsin governor Scott Walker. The unions are boycotting them, and they are losing money hand over fist as more and more people learn what a shitty, toxic, criminal enterprise Wisconsin’s largest bank really is:
M&I is also the [...]
Wisconsin
If you need ME to tell you to pay attention to the protests in Wisconsin, you are truly benighted. However, I highly recommend these two articles linked by Susie.
Meanwhile, a recall effort is underway targeting 8 Wisonsin Republicans: they can’t recall Walker til January, but you can bet that’s in the planning stages.
Go get ‘em, [...]
An Even More Modest Proposal
Earlier this week, Democratic strategist Paul Begala offered a modest proposal for dealing with the deficit:
While Rogers was once dubbed the “Prince of Pork” and McConnell has hauled so much pork he’s at risk for trichinosis, they are now converts to Sen. Paul’s anti-government gospel. McConnell says President Obama’s new budget is “unserious” and [...]
Government Shutdown Looms
Fluffington Post:
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) upped the odds of a government shutdown Thursday, saying he would not support a short-term funding bill if his near-certain budget battle between the House and the Democratic-run Senate takes longer than two weeks.
As the clock ticks down to March 4, when the current stopgap funding measure [...]
WI Governor Scott Walker is a Liar
Pinocchio: like Scott Walker, a puppet and a liar
MADISON, Wis. — Debate in the State Senate over Wisconsin’s controversial bill to cut collective bargaining rights for public workers ended, at least temporarily, on Thursday morning before it began. As the session was due to begin, Democrats failed to appear in the chamber, leaving the body [...]
War on Working People
That’s what this is,and it comes from Republicans AND Democrats.
Faced with growing budget deficits and restive taxpayers, elected officials from Maine to Alabama, Ohio to Arizona, are pushing new legislation to limit the power of labor unions, particularly those representing government workers, in collective bargaining and politics. [...]
But in some cases — mostly in states [...]
On the Occasion of the Glorious Obama Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
the tax cut for the wealthy, which will almost certainly lead to cuts to human services and attacks on Social Security, is fait accompli. Quite a few Democrats said no to this piece of shit, but in the end, too many were too scared to vote the consciences, while many others are simply not on [...]
Read More..>>Open Letter #2: Senator Casey, Why Did You Vote Against Pennsylvania’s Infrastructure?
Senator Casey:
As I have discussed in previous emails and calls to your office, your decision to support the president’s extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans was a bad idea. I did not know that it actually endangered Pennsylvania residents however: why did you, a senator whose state is plagued with crumbling [...]
