by Terrance Heath | Nov 1, 2013 | Conservatism, Health, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Paul Krugman writes that the GOP’s hostility towards the poor and unfortunate has become an all-out “war on the poor.” The consequences of the painful cuts to food stamps taking effect today offer a glimpse of the casualties and collateral damage to come. Today,...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 31, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, This Is The GOP
Millions of Americans will plunge over the “Hunger Cliff” tomorrow, when $5 billion in cut to food stamps go into effect tomorrow. While Congress negotiates even more cuts, millions of Americans will face negotiating where their next meal will come from. It wasn’t...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 30, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Shutdown, The Sequester, This Is The GOP
In Charlie Daniels' 1979 hit single, the Devil went down to Georgia looking for a soul to steal. The Washington Post went down to Georgia looking for a story about anger over economic distress in tea party districts. Like the Devil in Daniel’s song, the Post comes...
by Digby | Oct 25, 2013 | Conservatism, Health, This Is The GOP
You'd think that the fact they voted to repeal the whole program 46 times and shutdown the government for two weeks in a quixotic attempt to delay it would make the Republicans just a little bit reluctant to pretend they are sincerely worried about how the Obamacare...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 23, 2013 | Conservatism, Health, This Is The GOP
Republicans are still targeting the Affordable Care Act, but their answer to the problems health care reform is already solving for many Americans hasn’t changed much from that infamous audience response at the September 2011 GOP presidential debate....
by Digby | Oct 22, 2013 | Health, Retirement Security, This Is The GOP
Ruth Marcus fills us in on what constitutes "reasonable" now that the Republicans have proven themselves asses with their government shutdown. And, you guessed it, it's time for Democrats to compromise and agree to cut "entitlements" in exchange for sequestration...
