Boehner Can Cry Now: He’s Got The Economic Facts Wrong
Rhetoric is a good thing–except when you have the facts wrong. And, boy, the relentless, daily idiocy spewed out of the mouths of our elected officials about the economic crisis is astonishing....
View ArticleBoehner Can Cry Now II: Catholic Leaders Don’t Like His Policies
Earlier today, I wrote about John Boehner’s very loose connection to the actual facts of our economic crisis. Well, in the meantime, Boehner is in trouble with the facts and a whole bunch of...
View ArticleCalifornia Proves: Duh, Deficit Evaporates When Income and Jobs Go Up!
I have been arguing for some time now that the deficit and debt "crisis" are completely made up and phony. There is no crisis. But, at the very least, if you want to get rid of deficits, there is a...
View ArticleThe $1.3 Trillion Black Hole–And The Job Party’s Call To Close It
To return to my theme of "numbers are a bitch"…here is one to chew on: $1.3 trillion. It’s a gap–a BIG gap…and in that number is part of the story of the crisis we’re in. At this point, after...
View ArticleTax Cuts Don’t Boost Growth
You’ve it heard repeated as if it’s gospel: tax cuts boost economic growth. Except there has never been any evidence to back up what has to be seen as middle-ages alchemy divorced from reality. And...
View ArticleSlipping Away…No Surprise
Certain things I get no pleasure being right about. Like the lack of jobs. But, hey, I said back in July no one should be celebrating short-term hype on the economy. Sure enough… Uh oh: American...
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