fiscal cliff


Joseph M. Firestone's picture

New MSM TrillionDollarCoin Wave Misses Big Story: Pethokoukis & Wiesenthal

In this post I said I would blog about the likely expected relationship between the different PCS options and inflation using the framework laid out by Scott Fullwiler! But, after reconsidering, I thought I'd hold off until later, and, instead, first provide a discussi more »

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Joseph M. Firestone's picture

The Trillion Dollar Coin Is A Conservative Meme

The Trillion Dollar Coin (TDC) is, first, an oversimplified meme, because there's not one TDC solution, but lots of Platinum Coin Seigniorage (PCS) variations on that idea with differing implications for politics. more »

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Joseph M. Firestone's picture

Origin and Early History of Platinum Coin Seigniorage In the Blogosphere

This post records the history of platinum coin seigniorage in the blogosphere through the debt ceiling agreement on August 2, 2011. more »

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More Austerity Advice From the Very Rich: Buffett On Deficits!

Warren Buffett's recent op-ed in the New York Times is making a stir because it calls for a minimum tax on high incomes above $One million annually. more »

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Joseph M. Firestone's picture

Let's Defend SS and Other Entitlements With the 2nd Bill Of Rights

The favorite defense of Social Security by progressives harkens back to Franklin Roosevelt who famously said:

”I guess you’re right on the economics. They are politics all the way through. more »

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Joseph M. Firestone's picture

Stop Using Obama for America Against the People!

Obama for America, the campaign apparatus with the very large e-mailing list and great segmentation techniques that exploited Romney's weaknesses to help the President to eke out (yes, I know the electoral vote involved no “eking out,” but the popular vote was something else again) his re-election victory, is now trying to mobilize people who voted for the President to work against their own i more »

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Arm Yourself For Fiscal Cliff Arguments

I joined Campaign for America's Future's Richard Eskow to talk about the "fiscal cliff" scare, austerity, Social Security, Medicare and how we WON the election so we really should be talking about jobs instead. more »

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Joseph M. Firestone's picture

Trigger Mechanisms To Avoid the Fiscal Cliff? You're Kidding, Right?

Robert Reich has been writing a series on “the Grand Bargain” and the “fiscal cliff.” In this post, I'll do a commentary on his “The President's Opening Bid on a Grand Bargain (II): Put a Trigger Mechanism in the Legislation”, because I think it's more »

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Joseph M. Firestone's picture

These Folks are Soooo Clever . . .

Last week, Reps. more »

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Joseph M. Firestone's picture

Alan Grayson's Right; But He Misses the Larger Point

Alan Grayson's e-mail on Moody's warning that it might reduce the US's AAA rating, suggested that Moody's was either threatening a downgrade because it wants to get the Bush tax cuts for the rich extended, or, alternatively, that “Moody's is living in what Aristophanes called "Cloud Cuckoo Land."” He says this because Moody's is upset about the possibility that the US may go over the so-called more »

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