Democrats Should Pass an Extension of Tax Cuts for the Rich (Update)
Please hear me out on this one: The Democratic party has complete political cover for allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire. They could simply refuse to vote and the public, except those who would...
View ArticleThe Real Year of Medicare Insolvency
This short diary analyzes the ever-changing year of medicare insolvency as projected by recent Trustees Reports, the result of which is the actual best guess we can produce of when Medicare will...
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The Real Measure of Structural Unemployment
For years (indeed, decades) conservatives have claimed that any unemployment that appears to be caused by an insufficiency of demand is really just structural in nature, that the reason that so many...
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US Now Being Paid to Take on Debt For Longer Than Business Cycles Last
To my dismay, writers with established audiences have neglected to write in specifics on this subject much this year (of all years), and today (of all days) I just can't sit by while it goes unnoticed...
View ArticleClosing Argument to Those Considering Romney Based on "Debt" Concerns
Over the past few years we have all seen Mitt Romney switch his positions on everything except for a single claim -- hollow though it may be -- to "balance the budget". During that same period, we've...
View ArticlePlatinum or Otherwise, New Money is the Only Consitutional Answer
To keep this short and simple, Congress passes laws mandating that the Administration raise a certain amount of funds. Congress also passes laws mandating that the Administration spend a certain...
View ArticleThe Widely-Misreported $1350 Maximum Offer for A Passenger Voluntarily Giving...
The incident of United Airlines violently dragging a customer off of one of its flights was not “unfortunate” or “unavoidable” or whatever else whitewash they want to throw on it to put the backlash...
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