by Dave Johnson | Apr 14, 2011 | Blog
The Republican budget is SO loony it's even scaring the right-wing nuts! How often does THAT happen? The Republicans are voting on their budget plan this week. The plan eliminates Medicare and guts Medicaid, guts the rest of the government (except the things their oil...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 12, 2011 | Blog
Did Koch Industries write the budget deal? Or is it just a coincidence that so many of the the things Republicans demanded -- and got -- just happen to line up with the financial interests of the billionaires who fund the Tea Party and much of the “conservative...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 12, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Cuts are all the rage now in Versailles D.C. They cut taxes for the rich (again), then to pay for the tax cuts they cut the things We the People (government) do for each other. No one is mentioning what all of this will do to the economy and jobs. Jobs and the economy...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 8, 2011 | Blog
"Watch what we do, not what we say" -- famous quote from a Nixon official, explaining that they make up the stuff they say to distract and divert people from understanding what they are doing. They say they are trying to cut deficits. They are doing something else...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 8, 2011 | Blog
Since the election the entire Republican structure, from the bottom to the top, has been rejoicing that they are in a position to shut down the government again. Their radio and TV and blogs and articles and speeches have been talking demanding a shutdown,...