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Saturday Morning Civics Lesson For The Tea Party

I didn't think it was possible, but I found something more pathetic than John Boehner scrambling for GOP support for his debt limit bill, only to end up postponing the vote indefinitely. More pathetic even than Boehner telling is caucus to "get their asses in line"...

Why The GOP Aims To Sink The Economy

"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself." ~ Mark Twain ~ If our economy was the RMS Titanic, Republicans would be like an ambitious first mate, so eager to seize power from the captain that he steers the...

Shrink the Government Shrink the People

It turns out President Obama was more right than he knew when, back in April, he spoke of the GOP's vision of a "shrunken America." There's just one more thing about which, in his speech last night, John Boehner was more wrong than he knew or probably cared to know....

The GOPs Slash Shred and Punish Agenda

If your family was facing economic hardship, what steps would you take to deal with it? Would you look for ways to reduce spending, increase your income, pay your bills, and cover basic necessities as well as invest for the future? Or would you reduce your spending,...

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